> Now, *sometimes* when I > start cygwin (via the standard batch file) I get ~ to be my "c:\Documents > and Settings\[user]\" and othertimes it all works and ~ is /home/morrijr > which is mounted to "d:\Wrkfile". I've not be able to workout when or > why. > > When it doesn't honor the path in my passwd file it also comes up with the > > "Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that > the /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files should be rebuilt. > See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run > mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd > mkgroup -l [-d] > /etc/group > Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users." > > message.
John, thanks for reporting this. I also have this problem in Cygwin 1.7, ever since I installed it. The problem does not occur in Cygwin 1.5. > Note that the group file is *very* big (IMO) 6505 entries! There's only > local users and my domain account in my passwd file (16 entries). I am also in a domain. There are 20,300 entries in /etc/passwd, and 22,269 in /etc/group. > Can anyone suggest anything I can try either to fix or more reliably > reproduce the problem? Here's what I've been able to figure out about it: The error happens the first time I open a Cygwin 1.7 console after each reboot. On the 2nd and subsequent times after a reboot, bash starts without error and finds my correct $HOME. I can log out and log back in, and the next console will open without error. Reboot, start a console, and I get the error again. Does that also happen to you? A clue for sure, though I have no idea where it's pointing. Andrew. -- 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/
