Dave Korn wrote : > > Maybe I deselected something important.
> Yes, you probably did. Like base-passwd, for example. No I did not. As I already said, base-passwd was installed. At least setup.exe claimed that, when I run it the second time. Besides, now I reinstalled base-passwd and have a good /etc/passwd The question is : How do I get an /etc/profile file ? Also note, that /etc/skel is empty. Regards, David PS: Message is not properly linked to the previous in the thread, as I am not subscribed and read from the archive at : http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/ , which does not have a REPLY button. -- 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/