I just installed Cygwin, and it looks like the home directory in the bash prompt is on my Z: drive. That's not where I want it.
How can I change this?
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A:
It's the second-to-last element on your user's line in /etc/passwd. (Actually, the HOME environment variable takes precedence, but it's better to do it in /etc/passwd.)
If you don't have an /etc/passwd, or it's blank, you didn't run mkpasswd as instructed the first time you ran Cygwin.
See this FAQ item.
Warren Young
2009-09-29 20:21:56
I like this answer better than mine.
mobrule
2009-09-29 20:30:50
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A:
Change your HOME environment variable.
on XP, its right-click My Computer >> Properties >> Advanced >> Environment Variables >> User Variables for >> [select variable HOME] >> edit
Michael Paulukonis
2009-09-29 20:22:59
This will change your HOME environment variable for all your Windows applications, too.
mobrule
2009-09-29 20:31:30
Very true. But what Windows applications do you have that use the HOME variable? I have EmacsW32 and.... Cygwin. Since I installed Emacs first, that's where my cygwin home lies, as well.
Michael Paulukonis
2009-09-29 20:39:08
A:
I happen to use cwRsync (Cygwin + Rsync for Windows) where cygwin comes bundled, and I couldnt find /etc/passwd.
And it kept saying
Could not create directory '/home/username/.ssh'.
...
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (/home/username/.ssh/known_hosts).
So I wrote a batch file which changed HOME variable before running rsync. Something like:
set HOME=.
rsync /path1 user@host:/path2
And viola! .ssh folder appeared in current working dir and rsync stopped annoying with rsa fingerprints.
It's a quick hotfix, but later you should change HOME to a more secure location.
TEHEK
2010-07-06 22:23:30