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Date:	Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:57:51 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory
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On Nov 11 18:29, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Corinna Vinschen!
>=20
> >> > Shall the "db" entries utilize the Windows home folder if it exits(*)
> >> > and drop using the unixHomeDirectory?  It seems inevitable=E2=80=A6
> >>=20
> >> Use of AD implies some level of security consciousness.  The ability t=
o write to c:\cygwin =E2=80=94 not just during installation, but during all=
 use thereafter! =E2=80=94 comes out of a world where every user is a local=
 Administrator.
> >>=20
> >> This answer I wrote on Stack Overflow is one way to solve the problem =
today:
> >>=20
> >>     http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26666180/
> >>=20
> >> 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.)
>=20
> > What I gather from the replies so far is this:
>=20
> > - Nobody really cares for unixHomeDirectory.
>=20
> As I understand it from replies, it's not "nobody care", it's "this is wr=
ong
> way of doing it".

It's not the wrong thing if it's not used for anything else in a
company.

> > Another:
>=20
> > 1. Add a setting to /etc/nsswitch.conf which allows to specify one of
> >   the above:
>=20
> >     home: [unix|win|home]...
>=20
> >    - "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.
>=20
> How about a slight modification to this?
>=20
> 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

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