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From: "Greg Mosier" <Greg DOT Mosier AT USA DOT Net>
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Subject: Re: $HOME Directory Relocation
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:55:36 -0800
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From: "Michael A Chase" <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject: Re: $HOME Directory Relocation


> The problem with setting HOME to a fixed value in cygwin.bat or
/etc/profile
> is that limits your cygwin installation to a single user.  That's why the
> default /etc/profile allows $HOME to be passed through from the user's
> Windows environment.

Ummm, I set this up in /etc/profile, defined several users, had then connect
through telnetd, and it worked fine.  Matter of fact, without this setup in
/etc/profile, when you telnet in your $HOME is set to: /

Cheers,
Greg



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