Re: howto change home path in /etc/passwd

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

Sylvain,

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On Mon, 12 May 2003 Sylvain.Ferriol@imag.fr wrote:

> Surlignage Sylvain.Ferriol@imag.fr:
>
> > Surlignage Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>:
> >
> > > On Mon, 12 May 2003 Sylvain.Ferriol@imag.fr wrote:
> > >
> > > > Surlignage Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>:
> > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 12 May 2003, sferriol wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > hello
> > > > > > is there a command to change the home directory of a user in
> > > /etc/passwd
> > > > > > because ssh sees this file before $HOME and i have always a error.
> > > > >
> > > > > Use an editor to edit /etc/passwd (as has been suggested).  Mind the
> > > line
> > > > > endings (I think).
> > > >
> > > > no my question is to do this automatically
> > > > because when the admin has installed cygwin on a computer, it adds users
> > > > and each users has to define the variable HOME,
> > > > but if they use ssh, they have to chang /etc/passwd too.
> > > >
> > > > i want to create a install file which update automatically /etc/passwd,
> > > puts defaults files (bashrc, inputrc,...)
> > > > i see that there is the mkpasswd command but it doesn't do what i want
> > > >
> > > > do you know when /etc/passwd is created???
> > > >
> > > > sylvain
> > >
> > > /etc/passwd is normally created (along with /etc/group) when setup runs
> > > the passwd-grp.sh postinstall script.  The program that actually creates
> > > the passwd entries is called mkpasswd, and it sets the home directory to
> > > /home/<username> by default.
> > >
> > > One thing you can do is create symbolic links (or, better yet, user
> > > mounts) from /home/<username> to that user's $HOME.  That way, you will
> > > not have to change /etc/passwd at all.
> >
> > OK but do you know how to get the username because in the cygwin terminal
> > echo $USER or echo $USERNAME works
> > but i 'm using a file install.bat which calls 'bash.exe instal.sh'
> > and in install.sh:
> >
> > echo $USER....nothing
> > echo $USERNAME....nothing
> >
> > any suggestions???
>
> SORRY IT's a mistake
>
> but anyway , WHY SSH HAS TO READ /etc/passwd before reading options or
> $HOME/.ssh/config?????
>
> sylvain

This has been discussed on the list before.  Please search the list
archives for "ssh home passwd".
	Igor
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