Re: /home dir missing

2005-06-02 Thread Thorsten Kampe
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 12:27:45 +, Richard Copley wrote: > On 02/06/05, prashanthu baragur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Am a newbie to cygwin. Am trying to install cygwin as per the >> procedure in the web. >> >> http://cplus.about.com/od/compilersandides/l/aa061204a.htm > > Wow, seve

Re: /home dir missing

2005-06-02 Thread prashanthu baragur
Dave, I did not ran mkpasswd -l -d >/etc/passwd" and "mkgroup -l -d >/etc/group" Since i did "mkdir /home", /home is just like "/temp" directory. Any care to be taken during cygwin installation ?? Thanks Prashanth On 6/2/05, Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Original Message

RE: /home dir missing

2005-06-02 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: prashanthu baragur >Sent: 02 June 2005 08:06 > Hi, > > Am a newbie to cygwin. Am trying to install cygwin as per the > procedure in the web. > > http://cplus.about.com/od/compilersandides/l/aa061204a.htm > > After installation i observe that the /home directory i

Re: /home dir missing

2005-06-02 Thread Richard Copley
On 02/06/05, prashanthu baragur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Am a newbie to cygwin. Am trying to install cygwin as per the > procedure in the web. > > http://cplus.about.com/od/compilersandides/l/aa061204a.htm Wow, seven pages of installation instructions. Couldn't he have just said 'fol

/home dir missing

2005-06-02 Thread prashanthu baragur
Hi, Am a newbie to cygwin. Am trying to install cygwin as per the procedure in the web. http://cplus.about.com/od/compilersandides/l/aa061204a.htm After installation i observe that the /home directory is missing. Other that this things are normal. I have logged into my system as a local user in