Your TMP or TEMP environment variable is probably set to that value. Exit Cygwin, fix the environment variable and then go into Cygwin and check it.
Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On > Behalf Of Jeff Howard > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 2:43 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: EXT: fstab /tmp usertemp error after Windows Update > > Hello - > > After a recent Windows Update (and reboot) the following fstab entry we > used directly from the Cygwin documentation (https://cygwin.com/cygwin- > ug-net/using.html) is no longer working. After digging a little deeper, it > appears to be attempting to mount /tmp to a directory that doesn't exist on > my local filesystem. > > I can of course create the directory in my temp folder, but that would defeat > the purpose in our multi-user environment. Since we're in a multi-user > environment, our intention is for each user to seamlessly mount /tmp to > their own temporary folder to prevent permissions issues. I also updated > the Cygwin binaries for good measure, and the issue still persists. > > Examples of my fstab and output from "mount" are in-line below. Note that > the directory "/3" does not exist in my local temp folder - > "C:/Users/Jeff/AppData/Local/Temp" does not exist in my local temp folder: > > $ cat fstab > # /etc/fstab > # > # This file is read once by the first process in a Cygwin process tree. > # To pick up changes, restart all Cygwin processes. For a description > # see https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table > > # This is default anyway: > none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0 > none /tmp usertemp binary,posix=0 0 0 > > Jeff@CM /etc > $ mount > C:/Users/Jeff/AppData/Local/Temp/3 on /tmp type ntfs > (binary,posix=0,usertemp) > 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) > D: on /cygdrive/d type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > E: on /cygdrive/e type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > > > - Jeff > > > -- > 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 -- 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
