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Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Tue Oct 2 12:55:00 GMT 2007


Gmane User wrote:
> Brian Dessent wrote:
>> Gmane User wrote:
>>
>>> If I were make c:/cygwin/home/UserName my home directory, what is the best way?
>>>  Ssh only considers /etc/passwd, so it seems best to manually set it there,
>>> though I'd have to manually fix it each time I recreate it.  It still seems to
>>> be the best way, but opinions are welcome on "good practice".
>> Well you already said it -- sshd only considers the entry in passwd so
>> that's pretty much the only option if you plan to connect remotely. 
>> However, you should use a POSIX path like /home/UserName not
>> c:/whatever.
> 
> Indeed.  I guess that's it.
> 
> On the other hand, it occurred to me that it might be worthwhile to uninstall
> cygwin, then reinstall it on a secondary IDE drive (not drive c:), along with
> the cygwin user file/folder tree.  It has a lot more space, so I can forget the
> network drive altogether.  I was initially trying to avoid the secondary drive
> because I fully expect suprises and a brand new learning experiences due to the
> unconventional location.  But I can always give it a go.  The only issue at hand
> is time.

There's no reason to fear this.  I have all sorts of Cygwin installation
where the root drive is not C:.  It works just fine.

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