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Date:	Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:27:02 +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 12 09:45, Warren Young wrote:
> On Nov 11, 2014, at 3:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>=
 wrote:
>=20
> > 1. Utilize the homeDirectory AD attribute (aka %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%).
> > 2. If homeDirectory is empty, fall back to /home/$USER.
>=20
> This is just a subset of what I suggested, so I=E2=80=99m in favor of it.
> (By subset I mean that I=E2=80=99d prefer you do essentially the same thi=
ng for the non-AD case, too.)

This would be most easily implemented as well.

The beauty here is that probably 99% of the home users don't set
HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH in their SAM.  So they get /home/$USER as fallback,
which is what they got with /etc/passwd as well.  And SAM users have the
XML-like description field entry as well.

For AD environments HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH are typically set, though.
Here the users get what they have to use as homedir anyway.

It's simple, but it should work OOTB for most people.

> > 1. Always use /home/$USER and let the admins come up with a matching
> >   mount point scheme.
>=20
> That=E2=80=99s neglecting your responsibility as BDFL to set a sensible

Heh.  I didn't see myself as BDFL yet.  Not sure if that's an honor.

> default.  The consequence is that everyone will do it differently, and
> then you=E2=80=99ll have to support everything on an equal basis, because=
 you
> chose not to endorse anything.
>=20
> When you choose a sensible default, you get the option to criticize
> and even deprecate wild alternative schemes.

This is a philosophical argument.  You'd have to argue in how far
always using /home/$USER is NOT a sensible default.

> > 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
> I see that as orthogonal.  It has the advantage of providing not only
> a sensible default but also a list of endorsed alternatives.
>=20
> Whether you *want* to endorse some or all of these alternatives by
> codifying them is a separate question.

I guess I end up doing this anyway.  How complex it becomes is another
question, which I can answer probably only after starting to code it.


Corinna

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