Markus Hoenicka wrote: > Phil Couling <coul...@gmail.com> was heard to say: > >> I have cygwin pre installed on a pc I'm using. I'd like to change the >> home directory ($HOME) but I'm having some trouble finding where it's >> been set. Currently it points to a drive letter q: . I'd much prefer >> to point it at /home/username. > > /etc/profile 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) > > I've used #1.
You should also investigate the mkpasswd and mkgroup commands. Those can be used to populate your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. -Jeremy -- 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
