Re: ssh problem with $HOME

2003-09-05 Thread Bill C. Riemers
> I wasn't sure what you meant by the last sentence above. I do set > $HOME in windows, so all apps can benefit from it, and /etc/profile > honours that. Why ssh feels the need to look at /etc/passwd, when it > is documented to look at $HOME, I don't know. Quite simple. When you run "ssh" it ca

Re: ssh problem with $HOME

2003-09-05 Thread Gavin Sinclair
On Friday, September 5, 2003, 2:42:57 AM, Igor wrote: > On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Gavin Sinclair wrote: >> Hi, >> >> When attempting a "cvs update" using over the ssh protocol (well, you >> know what I mean ;), I get the following error: >> >> $ cvs up >> Could not create directory '/home/Gavin Sin

Re: ssh problem with $HOME

2003-09-04 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Gavin Sinclair wrote: > Hi, > > When attempting a "cvs update" using over the ssh protocol (well, you > know what I mean ;), I get the following error: > > $ cvs up > Could not create directory '/home/Gavin Sinclair/.ssh'. > > > That is surprising, because: > > $ echo $HO

ssh problem with $HOME

2003-09-04 Thread Gavin Sinclair
Hi, When attempting a "cvs update" using over the ssh protocol (well, you know what I mean ;), I get the following error: $ cvs up Could not create directory '/home/Gavin Sinclair/.ssh'. That is surprising, because: $ echo $HOME /home/gavin I have read the manpage, /usr/doc/*, google