PoWah Wong wrote:
* From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com> * To: cygwin at cygwin dot com * Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:04:47 -0500 * Subject: Re: mkdir: cannot create directory `/cygdrive/u': No such file or directory * References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot comPoWah Wong wrote: After clicking the Cygwin icon on my windows XP desktop, this message appeared: mkdir: cannot create directory `/cygdrive/u': No such file or directory Copying skeleton files. These files are for the user to personalise their cygwin experience. These will never be overwritten. /usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/u: No such file or directory /usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/u: No such file or directory /usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/u: No such file or directory bash: cd: /cygdrive/u: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/skel $ Somehow Cygwin depend on the network drive U is connected. Is there a way to change the dependence from drive U to drive C? 1. Change your Windows domain user to have another "home" directory. 2. Edit your '/etc/passwd' file to point to the directory you want to be your home. 3. Recreate your '/etc/passwd' file telling it to use a different path for your home (see 'man mkpasswd' for details on switches to do this). Only (1) is transparent across all invocations of 'mkpasswd'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I use Windows XP Home. How to change Windows domain user to have another "home" directory?
You have to talk to you domain admin.
I added the "HOME" and "HOMEDRIVE" environment variables by the "Control Panel", the message "/usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/u: No such file or directory" disappeared. However, it still want to use /cygdrive/u for ssh. $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Could not create directory '/cygdrive/u/.ssh'.
Cygwin will only look at $HOME. $HOMEDRIVE is extraneous for Cygwin. 'ssh' can't look at environment variables. It's a chicken-and-egg thing. That's why I recommended making changes to your '/etc/passwd' file. 'ssh' only looks at the home directory mentioned there. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
