X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:from:to:cc; q=dns; s=default; b=vpB+FBuLSQz+orV8io/S AUwRq2G98vsta197tyApbQSWs3yDH/sqR/1vWaEDLo5l4Dp6aUFlD/wmg29YHk19 XuKjL0ci4+E2Ers+Pd8xqPrb/jx3s9/tMrTXfOPf0PyWYBpP2ei5Ui2Fnrc43Ky7 flOTiJmsvy3r7bCk4fcaUtU= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:from:to:cc; s=default; bh=JdN0S7uDd7pSVUXL7twQTf4zQA A=; b=WhlDFbQsTSmkifIn4A/ZNxI2oNNgPty8a8fOocn/EEWtKQDgpPIw1lUEuL z8YlyV9Ly/bzxKhCec55gzdbR3Bgm9TPZ8B4iw/Lv7IbOTv2XJb3u7SwOON8juYz l2cqQH1kVu9c6uEcVhL5vdW74DF0VVUEJrehhJV3fexTfm6jg= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: exprod5og118.obsmtp.com Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: RE: Reduce noise in dependency declaration during uninstall in setup.exe Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:36:30 -0600 Message-ID: <786EBDA1AC46254B813E200779E7AD36034A0D25@srv1163ex1.flightsafety.com> In-Reply-To: <12610059207.20140123211538@mtu-net.ru> References: <52DF0B86 DOT 5030402 AT etr-usa DOT com> <52DF1477 DOT 2050707 AT etr-usa DOT com> <52DF18B1 DOT 5050200 AT cygwin DOT com> <20140122060243 DOT GC4286 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20140122150431 DOT GG2357 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <786EBDA1AC46254B813E200779E7AD36034A0CFB AT srv1163ex1 DOT flightsafety DOT com> <12610059207 DOT 20140123211538 AT mtu-net DOT ru> From: "Thrall, Bryan" To: CC: "Thrall, Bryan" X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id s0NHbIYw003441 Andrey Repin wrote on 2014-01-23: >>> Actually I'm working on a method to get rid of /etc/passwd and >>> /etc/group. I have a partially working implementation now, which >>> generates passwd and group entries by fetching the infos from Windows >>> on the fly, compatible to the uids/gids and user/group names to >>> SFU/Interix. > >> That's a really cool change. How will I customize my Cygwin user name (for >> convenient 'ssh server' instead of 'ssh user AT server') and shell without >> /etc/passwd, though? (I'd include home directory >> in that list, except I know I can just set $HOME) > > You can set $USER the same way, you know? Ah, that's nice, I'll have to try it. :-) > But that's a wrong way to go. IMO. > You are supposed to be yourself, means, your login name. > Else you'd have alot of stuff mishandled. The user I use is myself, it is just that at my company, my login name on the servers isn't the same as my Windows login name. I haven't noticed anything mishandled, though. Do you have any specific problems in mind? -- Bryan Thrall Principal Software Engineer FlightSafety International * Visual Simulation Systems * 5695 Campus Parkway * Hazelwood, MO 63042 Tel: (314) 551-8413 * Fax: (314) 551-8444 bryan DOT thrall AT flightsafety DOT com * www.flightsafety.com * A Berkshire Hathaway company -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple