pointing to my username dir

Is it possible to set your home directory /home/username to point to the contents in your Windows user folder C:\Users\Username. Sort of like a make the path /home/username a softlink to C:\Users\Username. I am interested in doing this because I access this machine with SSH often and I always have to move to the /cygdrive.. complicated path...

Ted.

cygwin

Flethuseo

Posted 2011-03-01T21:09:43.540

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For anyone else finding this question, a more up to date answer is here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1494658/how-can-i-change-my-cygwin-home-folder-after-installation

– Dan – 2017-01-21T12:09:04.407

let me know below if I misinterpreted the question. – Orbit – 2011-03-01T21:18:00.070

Answers

Instead of creating a soft link, you could change your Cygwin home directory in /etc/passwd.

Also, the /cygdrive profix can be changed, e.g. to /mnt, or even just /, so that C: can be accessed as /c. See http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#cygdrive.

ak2

Posted 2011-03-01T21:09:43.540

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use..

 ln -s /home/username /your/windows/home

to create a symbolic link.

Orbit

Posted 2011-03-01T21:09:43.540

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+1 I suggest that you mv /home/username /home/username.bak first, just in case you later regret this change. – Dan Moulding – 2011-03-01T21:55:16.807

I guess the most refined question would be .. can you have a soft link for a home directory? – Flethuseo – 2011-03-01T22:06:48.100

you can also set the user home directory in /etc/passwd – Orbit – 2011-03-01T22:10:48.257

As an admin:

mkpasswd -l -p /cygwin/c/Users > /etc/passwd

bob

Posted 2011-03-01T21:09:43.540

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