On Nov 30 12:38, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Warren Young! > > >> Accept the default > >> key location, C:\Documents and Settings\nhuser\.ssh\id_dsa, > > > Why would that be the default location, if you are using Cygwin tools? > > Shouldn't it be something like c:\cygwin\home\nhuser\.ssh\...? > > Why? > > > You can change your HOME to anything you like, but that's not the default > > with Cygwin. > > Are you sure? > Last time I checked, $HOME in newly installed Cygwin point to the $USERPROFILE > Which is, quite, logical.
Just to be clear, that's not done by the Cygwin DLL. When setting HOME, the order is very simple: - If $HOME is already set in the environment, leave it alone. - Otherwise, grab home dir from /etc/passwd. - If /etc/passwd doesn't exist or if the homedir field is empty, set HOME to /home/$USER. If $HOME points to $USERPROFILE, it's because that value is set in /etc/passwd. mkpasswd, for instance, reads the homedir path from the local SAM or AD and uses it, unless the -p option is used. Otherwise, if -p isn't used and the SAM/AD homedir is empty, the fallback is /home/$USER again. 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
