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Re: mkdir: cannot create directory `/cygdrive/u': No such file or directory


PoWah Wong wrote:
    * From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>
    * To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
    * Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:04:47 -0500
    * Subject: Re: mkdir: cannot create directory `/cygdrive/u': No such file or directory
    * References: <20061117163224.83187.qmail@web56308.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
    * Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com

PoWah Wong wrote:

After clicking the Cygwin icon on my windows XP desktop, this message appeared:

    mkdir: cannot create directory `/cygdrive/u': No such file or directory
    Copying skeleton files.
    These files are for the user to personalise
    their cygwin experience.


These will never be overwritten.


    /usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/u: No such file or directory
    /usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/u: No such file or directory
    /usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/u: No such file or directory
    bash: cd: /cygdrive/u: No such file or directory


powah@ROSE /etc/skel


$

    Somehow Cygwin depend on the network drive U is connected.
    Is there a way to change the dependence from drive U to drive C?



1. Change your Windows domain user to have another "home" directory.

2. Edit your '/etc/passwd' file to point to the directory you want
   to be your home.


3. Recreate your '/etc/passwd' file telling it to use a different path for your home (see 'man mkpasswd' for details on switches to do this).


Only (1) is transparent across all invocations of 'mkpasswd'.



-- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746

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I use Windows XP Home.
How to change Windows domain user to have another "home" directory?


You have to talk to you domain admin.


I added the "HOME" and "HOMEDRIVE" environment variables by the "Control Panel", the message "/usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/u: No such file or directory" disappeared.
However, it still want to use /cygdrive/u for ssh.

$ ssh root@172.20.11.200
Could not create directory '/cygdrive/u/.ssh'.


Cygwin will only look at $HOME. $HOMEDRIVE is extraneous for Cygwin.

'ssh' can't look at environment variables.  It's a chicken-and-egg thing.
That's why I recommended making changes to your '/etc/passwd' file.  'ssh'
only looks at the home directory mentioned there.


-- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746

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