# HG changeset patch # User Oleksandr Gavenko # Date 1609750114 -7200 # Node ID 8407a34a1b5d0f4d23862267c79835d63e800c60 # Parent 1251d8e577941145042139771242ab14f8775563 User home directory and login shell. diff -r 1251d8e57794 -r 8407a34a1b5d cygwin.rst --- a/cygwin.rst Mon Jan 04 10:47:28 2021 +0200 +++ b/cygwin.rst Mon Jan 04 10:48:34 2021 +0200 @@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ POSIX accounts, permission, and security. Modern Cygwin (v3.x) relies on ``/etc/nsswitch.conf`` for user settings. That means there are no -``/etc/passwd`` & ``/etc/group`` and user home directory and login shell is defined according to -``nsswitch.conf``. +``/etc/passwd`` & ``/etc/group`` and user home directory and login shell are defined according to +``nsswitch.conf``:: + + db_home: /home/%U + db_shell: /bin/bash Earlier Cygwin used ``/etc/passwd`` & ``/etc/group`` and sometimes you were required to regenerate them::