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Date:	Sat, 11 Sep 1999 21:41:37 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna AT vinschen DOT de>
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To:	Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp>
CC:	cygwin-developers <cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	Re: /etc/passwd emulation
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Kazuhiro Fujieda wrote:
> 
> > Now, I came to realize it is not so bad idea that the uid become
> > always DEFAULT_UID when there is no /etc/passwd. I couldn't,
> > however, understand why the emulation code make the user name
> > `Administrator' when GetUserNameA() fails.
> 
> So, I believe the following patch is meaningful.
> 
> Sat Sep 11 02:21:53 1999  Kazuhiro Fujieda (fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp)
> 
>         * passwd.cc (read_etc_passwd): /etc/passwd emulation use
>         the user name `unknown' for an unknown user.
> 
> [...]

Sorry, but I can't see the sense of this patch.

The call to getlogin() is the same as a call to GetUserName()
but if it fails, it returns 'unknown'. The original source of
read_etc_passwd() sets 'Administrator' as fallback and this is
the only difference. While the username is senseless on 9X
systems, on NT 'Administrator' would be a better fallback than
'unknown'.So, why should it be changed then...

Corinna

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