Just to conclude my query, in the file usr/etc/profile I've added the line: PATH=
Above my other PATH variables. When I run cygcheck again, all of the pre-existing Windows Path environment variables have gone, which seems to be what I needed to happen. Thanks to all, Jeff. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/1.5.24-unable-to-access-files-via-root---%28forward-slash%29-tf3260586.html#a9063791 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/