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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:14:37 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory
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On Nov 11 11:05, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes:
> > One possible, but not naturally useful default behaviour is what
> > the current code does:
> >=20
> > 1. Utilize the unixHomeDirectory AD attribute.
> > 2. If unixHomeDirectory is empty, fall back to /home/$USER.
> [...]
>=20
> Default to /home/$USER unless a specific AD attribute is specified in some
> configuration file (maybe nsswitch.conf, maybe something else) and that
> attribute is non-empty.
>=20
> > 1. Always use /home/$USER and let the admins come up with a matching
> >    mount point scheme.
>=20
> Would work for me, but then the configuration of those mount points would
> need to be directable somehow.
>=20
> > Another:
> >=20
> > 1. Add a setting to /etc/nsswitch.conf which allows to specify one of
> >   the above:
> >=20
> >     home: [unix|win|home]...
> >=20
> >    - "unix" means, set pw_dir to unixHomeDirectory
> >    - "win" means, set pw_dir to homeDirectory
> >    - "home" means, set pw_dir to /home/$USER
> >    - Multiple entries are possible.
> >    - Default in the absence of this setting is: always set pw_dir to
> >      /home/$USER.
>=20
> Looks good, but maybe allow the AD attribute to be explicitly named (e.g.
> cygwinHomeDirectory).

Cygwin schema extension? :)

> For local accounts maybe some environment variable or
> registry key should be available as a configuration option.

I'm not that concerned about SAM accounts.  Typically they have no
problem with /home/$USER anyway, and they have the SAM description field
to add cygwin-specific data.


Corinna

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