On Jul 22 15:33, Shaun Martin wrote: > I'm trying to set the HOME directory of Cygwin to a local folder. My computer > is on a network and the Windows HOME variable is being mapped to a network > drive. I'm not able to change this. And for some reason, this causes the > default HOME directory for my Cygwin terminal to be set as either > "/cygdrive/c/Users/shaun/Desktop/SERVER/USERS5:USERS/SHAUN" if I'm using > mintty or "/usr/bin/SERVER/USERS5:USERS/SHAUN" if I'm using PowerShell. > > I tried changing the /etc/nsswitch.conf, but any value I put into db_home > does not seem to do anything. I was able to test that "db_shell: /bin/sh" did > change my shell from bash to sh. Here are some of the values I tried for > db_home in nsswitch.conf: > > db_home: /cygdrive/c/users/shaun/apps/cygwin/home/shaun > db_home: /%H/Apps/cygwin/home/shaun > db_home: unix /%H/Apps/cygwin/home/shaun > db_home: cygwin desc > db_home: cygwin /path /%H/Apps/cygwin/home/shaun > > I asked about this on superuser.com, > http://superuser.com/questions/942908/changing-the-home-for-cygwin > , which pointed me here.
Is HOME set in the Windows environment already? If so, this might interact with the setting in /etc/nsswitch.conf, which *only* works for entries taken from the passwd DB (getpwnam, getpwuid calls). How do you start mintty? It should be started with a single parameter, a dash, e.g.: C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe - Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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