> On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: >> The question of "Why is my HOME C:\ " could also be handled in >> /etc/profile. I was thinking of putting something like this in it: >> echo "Hello this is /etc/profile" >> echo "You are a new user and I will verify your configuration". >> echo "Delete these lines once everything is well". >> if [ $uid -eq 400 ]; then etc... >> echo "Your HOME is set to $HOME, the rules are 1).. 2).. 3).. 4).. "
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > How about just "Warning: HOME set to 'C:\', check your /etc/passwd or > the value of HOME in the Windows environment"? An advanced user (or > one who simply wants to set his home to 'C:\') should be able to just > comment out this warning from /etc/profile, right? If this does happen, I prefer the more inobtrusive one. At the moment, I can do all the customization I need in my home directory - I'd rather not have to modify /etc/profile. Igor's suggestion is good, because I cannot imaging anyone wanting C:\ as their home dir. Max.
