Yes, removing HOME from Windows system variables did it. I thank you all cygwin gurus for support and valuable hints.
"Pierre A. Humblet" wrote: > a12 wrote: > > > > Pierre, > > > > 'echo %HOME%' yields 'C:\' > > > > Modifying /etc/profile: > > # Set up USER's home directory > > # 020102 magr40 force to use /home/$USER > > #if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then > > HOME="/home/$USER" > > #fi > > solves my problem, but is it the correct way to do it ? > > It's correct but not particularly elegant as it duplicates > what passwd is supposed to be for. > I assume HOME is defined as a system variable in the Windows > environment and it is the same for everybody. > Is there a good reason for that? > Otherwise undefine it and everything will be well. > > For reference, here is how HOME is set, in order of priority > - When starting from Windows > 1) From existing HOME in Windows environment, translated to Posix > 2) If the user has an entry in passwd: > a) from passwd, if the home directory field in non empty > b) from HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH > 3) / > - telnetd and rlogind > 1) From passwd, if it is a valid directory > 2) / > - sshd > 1) From passwd, even if it is invalid. > In that case /etc/profile may actually create it. > > Note that in all those cases HOME is never set in /etc/profile ! > > Pierre > > -- > 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/ -- 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/
