I've seen this as well, particularly on Win2K systems at work where you use domain credentials to log into your machine.
Here's what I did to fix it (at the cygwin bash prompt): $ mkpasswd -d -u myusername >> /etc/passwd The mkpasswd command creates entries intended for /etc/passwd. The "-d" means to get information from a domain (the default domain). The "-u" means to use the information for "myusername" in the given domain. I hope this makes sense and helps. -Abe ----- Original Message ----- > I've installed cygwin 1.3.18-1 on an XP system and > found it set my home dir as "/" instead of > /home/<NT_USERNAME> like it normally does. Within > cygwin, I see that /home isn't even there. Even after > making my homedir, it still still puts me at root when > I launch a shell. I noted that I am not in /etc/passwd > as well. Should I be? If this is common problem, could > someone clue me in please? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
