Hi, Please ignore the previous query - in true Windows fashion, I rebooted, and now it seems to be fixed.
Jake On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Jacob Beard <jbea...@cs.mcgill.ca> wrote: > Hi, > > I had installed a 3PP distribution of OpenSSH, before installing > cygwin, and I'm now trying to recover from it. It seems this > application is known to cause trouble with cygwin installs: > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-11/msg00418.html > > The problem I'm seeing is that Cygwin is mounting /home at > C:/Users/jbeard/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft, instead of C:\cygwin\home. > > Here is the output of mount: > > $ mount > C:/Users/jbeard/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft on /home type ntfs (binary) > C:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) > C:/cygwin/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) > C:/cygwin on / type ntfs (binary,auto) > C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > H: on /cygdrive/h type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > P: on /cygdrive/p type nfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > Q: on /cygdrive/q type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > R: on /cygdrive/r type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > S: on /cygdrive/s type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > T: on /cygdrive/t type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > U: on /cygdrive/u type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > W: on /cygdrive/w type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > X: on /cygdrive/x type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > Y: on /cygdrive/y type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > > I've worked around this by editing /etc/passwd, but this doesn't fully > solve the problem, as I've altered my windows DOS path to use cygwin > executables, and these are also confused by the broken mount, which is > not handled by the /etc/passwd workaround. > > I've tried editing /etc/fstab, which for some reason originally had > the following line: > > C:/Users/jbeard/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft /home some_fs binary 0 0 > > I've now changed that line to: > > C:/cygwin/home /home some_fs binary 0 0 > > I closed all of my cygwin sessions, but the change to /etc/fstab seems > to be ignored, as mount produces the same output. > > Does anyone know why the change to /etc/fstab might not be propagating? > > I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer. Thanks, > > Jake -- 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
