On Nov 11 18:29, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! > > >> > Shall the "db" entries utilize the Windows home folder if it exits(*) > >> > and drop using the unixHomeDirectory? It seems inevitable… > >> > >> Use of AD implies some level of security consciousness. The ability to > >> write to c:\cygwin — not just during installation, but during all use > >> thereafter! — comes out of a world where every user is a local > >> Administrator. > >> > >> This answer I wrote on Stack Overflow is one way to solve the problem > >> today: > >> > >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26666180/ > >> > >> It might not be a bad idea if Cygwin started doing this sort of thing by > >> default in the future. (Obviously for new installs only.) > > > What I gather from the replies so far is this: > > > - Nobody really cares for unixHomeDirectory. > > As I understand it from replies, it's not "nobody care", it's "this is wrong > way of doing it".
It's not the wrong thing if it's not used for anything else in a company. > > Another: > > > 1. Add a setting to /etc/nsswitch.conf which allows to specify one of > > the above: > > > home: [unix|win|home]... > > > - "unix" means, set pw_dir to unixHomeDirectory > > - "win" means, set pw_dir to homeDirectory > > - "home" means, set pw_dir to /home/$USER > > - Multiple entries are possible. > > - Default in the absence of this setting is: always set pw_dir to > > /home/$USER. > > How about a slight modification to this? > > nsswitch.conf configurable settings: > user: Use %AppData%/Cygwin%PLATFORM% (Separate directory for different > platform Cygwins) I really don't like this one. Your naming scheme (user/system/cygwin) has its merits, but I don't see that a home directory of any sort belongs under AppData. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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