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:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=sV67+idB/L+lqleAupBhYdL2U71tQtPRdFXuLnxUbUd4fkIeNMgtw +l3ryDzwn8mR0fifMkrZtZ1bH0S9zpD/SmOZeSvIrSh7ek1SaY22nintuaEDMwtY dOi7idd8j5ymEECtAt6QI3JQ8r0erSV1uNWTTtg26OHplW83EvroYE= 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:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=xEGB2RQhUA7990kMC2E2FBinZVA=; b=YtDnOqpf4ZocBe7jkzNRLA4s/cir YCvtVjzTzoHT3NMJ2dzDqh9f+cIha7dmM6F3lfhEBkQqrbAXz8iuWHazI6PogYRg xvzXAdX+ac2fRntLo23uN9YlclLuLcHE1Q1s0uo9gQ/csC8pVhmIXtWThLflMzUH 10hTuK0C6eErbgI= 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=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18wPNOb9jSBCOjFhTnQZZXT Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 12:09:46 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Testers needed: New passwd/group handling in Cygwin Message-ID: <20140216170946.GB4274@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20140213143849 DOT GH2246 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <52FD63BC DOT 60800 AT etr-usa DOT com> <20140214104243 DOT GY2246 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <52FE786F DOT 9040203 AT etr-usa DOT com> <20140215125043 DOT GK2246 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <7F9D4826-E8D5-41E7-A8B6-B41922FE6E1C AT etr-usa DOT com> <20140216115612 DOT GO2246 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20140216144835 DOT GS2246 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140216144835.GS2246@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 03:48:35PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Feb 16 12:56, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>On Feb 16 03:30, Warren Young wrote: >>>On Feb 15, 2014, at 5:50 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>>>No, that's not right. We have two mechanisms implemented you can >>>>choose three out of four possible combinations: >>>> >>>>files only db only files, then db >>> >>>Yes, I realize that. >>> >>>While composing the previous email, I considered a 2-Boolean design: >>> >>>ignore_db=false ignore_files=false >>> >>>I rejected that design when I realized that ignore_files is redundant >>>with respect to /etc/foo file existence. If the files are present, use >>>them. If not, you have a DB-only configuration. >> >>What if an admin wants to avoid that files are read at all, even if a >>user manages to generate them? > >Anyway, I'm willing to switch from /etc/nsswitch.conf to something >else. Can you summarize why this is necessary? I haven't really followed how we got to the point where documented nscd.conf/nsswitch.conf functionality wouldn't be sufficient. -- 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