> I am installing "cygwin" on a XP box. I have downloaded the setup and > files to my local c:/tmp/files > > When I run the setup, all appears good. I point to c:/cygwin and tell > it to find files from c:/tmp/files. The install completes fine but > when I type a cd ~ (show my home directory) the terminal shows my home > here: /cygdrive/h which is a mounted server. I have done this three > times, and each time it does this. I checked all environment > variables. I just want my home to be /cygdrive/c so I can add a > .bashrc and get rolling.
Your home directory is determined by the contents of /etc/passwd, just as it would be on a UNIX/Linux system. mkpasswd is run during installation to generate /etc/passwd. You can run the command 'mkpasswd -l' to see what was generated if you are not in a domain, and 'mkpasswd -d' to see what was generated if you are in a domain. Use 'id' to see your user name and then look at /etc/passwd to see what the setting is for your account, the easiest way to do this is with 'grep user /etc/passwd'. Your home directory is the second to last field. You can edit /etc/passwd and change your home directory in this file, it would usually be /home/user, but you can set it to anything you want. Brett ---------------------------------------------------------------- Brett C. Serkez, Techie -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
