> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-xfree-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree- > ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Steinar Bang > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 9:07 AM > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com > Subject: Problems with users home directory on cygwin64 on Windows 10 > > Platform: Intel i7, Windows 10 Pro > Cygwin64 > > I installed cygwin X yesterday (basically the xorg-server, xlaunch, > lxterminal, > openssh and mosh). SSH doesn't work in the resulting installation because > cygwin believes the home directory is /home/sb. > > I have set HOME as an environment variable, that in cygwin looks like: > HOME=/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sb > > getent reports the following: > sb@ITEM-S63383:~$ getent passwd sb > sb:*:1294839:1049089:U-AD-ONE\sb,S-1-5-21-2260904419-1400770398- > 4175912926-246263:/home/sb:/bin/bash > sb@ITEM-S63383:~$ > > The user "sb" is an AD user and the computer belongs to an active domain. > > I have tried the following: > 1. Adding the following line to the /etc/nsswitch.conf file (also known > as C:\cygwin64\etc\nsswitch.conf ): > db_home: windows > 2. Stopped all cygwin windows, but this didn't help 3. Changed the config to > db_home: /%H > 4. Stopped all cygwin windows, but the home directory was still > /home/sb > 5. Changed the /etc/nsswitch.conf file back to > db_home: windows > 5. Rebooted, but home directory was still /home/sb 6. Checked for > /etc/password and/or /etc/group, but no such file were > present > > Any ideas? > > Thanks! > > > - Steinar > > > -- [Ross Boulet]
Have you tried running mkpasswd? The man page for mkpasswd looks like it might accomplish what you want. Also, this mailing list is deprecated. Please see https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2015-03/msg00001.html -Ross -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
