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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:21:19 +0300
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>
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To: cyg Simple <cygsimple@gmail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public
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Greetings, cyg Simple!

>> I didn’t want to derail the discussion about the future of /home with this,
>> so I’m starting a new thread.
>>
>> I think it would be an improvement to Cygwin if c:\cygwin contained only
>> things that can be reinstalled from your local setup.exe download cache, in
>> the same way that you can nuke "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office $version”
>> and reinstall without losing anything you created locally.
>>

> What local changes/installations get lost?

What get lost, if you nuke Cygwin folder in default installation?
Everything. Every single piece you could think about.

>> Further design principles follow from this:
>>
>> - User data should live in directories that those users are normally allowed to write to.
>>
>> - Per-machine software and per-machine configuration should be in directories that local Administrators can normally write to.
>>
>> - Software built from source (/usr/local) should not be in c:\cygwin; it is per-machine configuration, and so should be elsewhere.
>>
>> - If you tighten down what remains so that normal users only get read permission, it should continue to function, in the same way that normal users on a Linux box don’t need write access to, say, /usr/include.
>>
>>
>> This /etc/fstab addition mostly accomplishes that:
>>
>>
>> c:/Users/Public/Cygwin/var         /var         ntfs   auto      0 0
>> c:/Users/Public/Cygwin/usr/local   /usr/local   ntfs   auto      0 0
>>
>> c:/Users/Public/Cygwin/tmp         /tmp         ntfs   notexec   0 0
>> c:/Users/Public/Cygwin/tmp         /usr/tmp     ntfs   notexec   0 0
>> c:/Users/Public/Cygwin/tmp         /var/tmp     ntfs   notexec   0 0
>>
>>
>> I propose that this or something like it be added to the default fstab.
>>

> Please NO not by default or offering an option.  A back end tool maybe
> in cygutils that can be run manually.

Give one good reason, other than impulsive screaming?


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 13.11.2014, <01:19>

Sorry for my terrible english...