On 2018-09-26 01:45, Marco Atzeri wrote: > Am 26.09.2018 um 06:13 schrieb Brian Inglis: >> On 2018-09-25 06:30, Andrey Repin wrote: >>> I just noticed something that I think is an oddity. Or a possible >>> improvement. >>> If you set your nsswitch.conf to, say; >>> passwd: db >>> db_enum: cache builtin local files >>> The accounts listed in /etc/passwd aren't looked up. >>> I understand that it's a documented behavior, but it looks... odd to me. >> >> From the UG they should be looked up and may appear more than once if you >> specify say "files" in an entry and also a db_... entry. >> Did you test with "getent passwd"? I get SYSTEM and NT SERVICE repeated. >> I get a comprehensive account list with mkpasswd. >> I have W10 rs4_release/6.3/10.0/17134.286/1803, Cygwin 64 2.11.1, and default >> nsswitch. > > on W10 Home I see only double SYSTEM on both "getent passwd" and > "getent group" > > However "getent passwd" is not reporting local user, cyg_server, sshd, > guest that instead are reported by "mkpasswd" UG says default db/db_enum is cache builtin excluding local. This does not seem consistent with default using SAM instead of files which should include local.
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