Re: bash 3.2.49(23): when I start a bash window, $HOME is the DOS value rather than /home/lwv27

[Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>]

Larry W. Virden wrote:
> Okay, I tried to use mkpasswd as Mark suggested. Here's what I see now:
> 
> $ grep lwv27 /etc/passwd
> $ grep lwv2 /etc/passwd
> lwv27:unused:14338:13710:Virden, Larry W.,U-CAS\lwv27,S-1-5-21-15812936-299453970-766854361-4338:/home/lwv27:/bin/bash

  I'm hoping the first one of those was from before the mkpasswd and the
second one after, because otherwise something is very wrong if it can find
"lwv2" but not "lwv27" ...

> $ ls /home/lwv27
> ls: cannot access /home/lwv27: No such file or directory
> $ ls /home
> Olentangy  rzt27

  The home dir won't just appear when you update mkpasswd; you have to start a
new shell, when the /etc/profile startup script notices your home dir setting
doesn't exist it'll kick of the creation process for you.

  For the full explanation, see:
http://cygwin.com/1.7/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.home

    cheers,
      DaveK

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