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Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:19:03 -0400
From:	"Chris J. Breisch" <chris DOT ml AT breisch DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: Still testing needed: New passwd/group AD/SAM integration
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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> * cygserver now provides system-wide passwd/group entry caching.
>
>    All processes started *after* cygserver will try to fetch passwd
>    and group entries from cygserver.  While this is probably a bit
>    slow at the start, the longer cygserver runs, the more information
>    is present and later started processes will get the information
>    with all due speed.
>

This sounds awesome.

> * Support for Cygwin user names different from the Windows username.
>
[snip]
>    Therefore I think it would be better to remove this functionality.
>    If you really think you have to use a username different from the
>    Windows username, you should probably use a tiny /etc/passwd file
>    with just this entry.  The new mkpasswd will create a default entry
>    for you with just needs minor tweaking.

I haven't contributed much to this testing, but I'm on board with that idea.

>
>
> * db_separator in /etc/nsswitch.conf
>
>    Is it really such a good idea to have a configurable separator
>    char in user and group names?  Is it important that it is
>    configurable?  Is '+' a good choice for the default separator?
>    Wouldn't the backslash a better and, perhaps, only choice?
>
>
I'd vote against '+' and in favor of '\' as long as there is no 
potential for confusion with Windows Domains and accounts/machine names, 
i.e. <domain name>\{<user name>,<machine name>}.

It doesn't sound to me like that would be an issue with how you want to 
use things, but that's my only concern at the moment.


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