Okay, I tried to use mkpasswd as Mark suggested. Here's what I see now: $ grep lwv27 /etc/passwd $ grep lwv2 /etc/passwd lwv27:unused:14338:13710:Virden, Larry W.,U-CAS\lwv27,S-1-5-21-15812936-299453970-766854361-4338:/home/lwv27:/bin/bash $ ls /home/lwv27 ls: cannot access /home/lwv27: No such file or directory $ ls /home Olentangy rzt27
-- Tcl - It's the real thing. http://wiki.tcl.tk/ http://www.purl.org/NET/lvirden/ http://www.xanga.com/lvirden/ Anything in this posting represents only my personal opinion. --- On Fri, 10/23/09, paul.hermeneu...@gmail.com <paul.hermeneu...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: paul.hermeneu...@gmail.com <paul.hermeneu...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: bash 3.2.49(23): when I start a bash window, $HOME is the DOS > value rather than /home/lwv27 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 1:29 PM > Larry: > > Mark is right. > > cat /etc/passwd > > Perhaps you can get the 'admin' to create the users before > it is given > to anyone else. Or, it might be that LANDesk has some > capability to > run a script after the package is installed. > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: > http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
