On Mar 5 09:05, Robert Mark wrote: > Turns out it was my cygdrive mount was not being set properly. I was > changing the cygdrive mount in my own .bash_profile (via "mount > --change-cygdrive-prefix /") because at the time I was not admin of > the computer and couldn't edit /etc/profile or /etc/fstab. It seems > this is too late: by the time my .bash_profile is evaluated, the PATH > (or something else?) had already been set up and the paths are > screwed. > > I fixed up the rights on Windows so I am admin now, /etc/fstab like so: > none / cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
You don't have to run under an admin account. If the cygdrive prefix is marked as "user" /etc/fstab, you can override it in your user's /etc/fstab.d/$USER fstab file. See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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
