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Date:	Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:48:35 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Testers needed: New passwd/group handling in Cygwin
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On Feb 16 12:56, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Feb 16 03:30, Warren Young wrote:
> > On Feb 15, 2014, at 5:50 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > No, that's not right.  We have two mechanisms implemented you can
> > > choose three out of four possible combinations:
> > >=20
> > > files only
> > > db only
> > > files, then db
> >=20
> > Yes, I realize that.
> >=20
> > While composing the previous email, I considered a 2-Boolean design:
> >=20
> >    ignore_db=3Dfalse
> >    ignore_files=3Dfalse
> >=20
> > I rejected that design when I realized that ignore_files is redundant w=
ith respect to /etc/foo file existence.  If the files are present, use them=
.  If not, you have a DB-only configuration.
>=20
> What if an admin wants to avoid that files are read at all, even if a
> user manages to generate them?

Anyway, I'm willing to switch from /etc/nsswitch.conf to something else.

Let's assume we go with /etc/cygwin.conf instead.

This wouldn't set a bad precedent in terms of syntax and keyword
differences to configuration files existing on Linux, and it would allow
to define more settings which have nothing to do with passwd/group stuff
in the long run.

So, how should this look like?  Let's do some free floating,=20

  # /etc/cygwin.conf
  pwdgrp=3D"files db"

  db_separator=3D"+"
  db_cache=3D"yes"
  db_prefix=3D"auto"

And now the new one.  I have getpwent/getgrent practically ready to go.
It's just missing the setting to restrict the enumeration.  It occured
to me that an admin or a user might want to restrict the enumeration to
a specific set of domains.  What about something like this?

  db_enum=3D"local primary trusted_dom1 trusted_dom2"

"local" and "primary" being fixed keywords for the local machine
accounts and the accounts from the primary domain.  Everything else is
treated as a domain name of a trusted domain, and the name can be given
as flat domain name as well as as dns domain name.

Does that make sense?


Corinna

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