X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <48B86439.4080606@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:03:53 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Can't Change Home Dir References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Richard Plana wrote: > Hi, > > I can't seem to change my user's HOME dir so that it uses > "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/" as its prefix. I've changed the > home dir entry in the /etc/passwd file, but each time I connect, $HOME > is still set to using "/home/" (which is under Cygwin's root). I've > logged off all cygwin shells, rebooted my machine, but I can't get the > configuration to take. The FAQ just talks of changing /etc/passwd (which > I've done) and XP's HOME* variables (which don't seem to be used > anyway). '/etc/profile' lists the order of precedence for how Cygwin determines your home directory. It says: Here is how HOME is set, in order of priority, when starting from Windows 1) From existing HOME in the Windows environment, translated to a Posix path 2) from /etc/passwd, if there is an entry with a non empty directory field 3) from HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH 4) / (root) If that doesn't help, please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found at the link below with your next posting on this subject. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/