Setup Failed to Create /home directory
David Hawkins
dwh@ovro.caltech.edu
Sun Nov 11 08:26:00 GMT 2001
I noticed that when HOME is setup as an environment
variable, that /home/<user> does not get setup.
Try echo $HOME from Cygwin Bash and see what happens.
I found that when you remove the HOME environment vairable
(as defined with Windows), then /home/<user> is created.
I'm not to sure of the reasons for this observed
functionality, but hey, here's something to try
anyway. I'm sure others will reply with more
wisdom.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of
> dmeier@tango.crosstrust.com
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 5:06 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Setup Failed to Create /home directory
>
>
> 2001/11/09 09:11:06 Starting cygwin install, version 2.78.2.15
>
> I ran into a problem with my terminal (similar to :"WARNING: terminal
> is not fully functional" and pro blems with vi" mail archive) so I
> uninstalled and reinstalled cygwin. After the reinstall I still had
> the problem described above, plus I didn't have a home directory or a
> user directory (I'm sure the previous install created these for me).
> Also, when I start cygwin from the shortcut (I'm on NT4) I end up in
> the /cygdrive/c directory instead of somewhere down in
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin... (where ... should be /home/meierd).
>
> I've reviewed my setup.log and setup.log.full but everything
> looks normal there, no errors reported, but no log messages
> indicating directories being created either).
>
> I've partially solved the terminal problem (unset TERMINFO;
> export TERM=cygwin) although I've got to fix it everytime I
> launch a new cygwin window. I want to add the fix to my .profile
> but I don't even have a user directory.
>
> I've seen some posts that indicate I may need to do 'adduser' or
> 'useradd' or some such?
>
> Is there another solution to the terminal problem (like fixing
> the root cause for why it went sour)?
>
> My cygwin.bat file contains:
> @echo off
>
> C:
> chdir \cygwin\bin
>
> bash --login -i
>
> Any help?
> Thanks.
> Dan
>
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