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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 00:48:04 -0500
From: micah AT mail DOT cs DOT swt DOT edu
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Subject: request:  add hive unload functionality
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after browsing the source, I gathered that whenever a new process is spawned(spawn.cc) the user's hive is loaded and linked to HKEY_CURRENT_USER.  but, the user's hive is never unloaded i.e. whenever the last process running as that user terminates.

so I humbly suggest adding an unload function to the registry like:

      void unload_registry_hive (PSID psid){ ... }

then wait until the last process running as that user exits and then unload the hive.


the reason for the request is I have a couple of programs that monitor user logon/logoffs.  they work by monitoring the HKEY_USERS hive and with cygwin-sshd, the hives never unload even after I kill sshd...


thanks,
micah


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