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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:16:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZCK+mOdyaAQnLBwF@calimero.vinschen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a70c77dc8f0d8417537557ea8e3a38f85bc582dd.1679991274.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

On Mar 28 10:17, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> We should not blindly set the home directory of the SYSTEM account (or
> of Microsoft accounts) to /home/SYSTEM, especially not when that value
                                  ^^^^^^
That should probably better be <username>, no?

> disagrees with what is configured via the `db_home` line in the
> `/etc/nsswitch.conf` file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> ---
>  winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
> index baa670478d..d493d29b3b 100644
> --- a/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
> +++ b/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
> @@ -2234,7 +2234,11 @@ pwdgrp::fetch_account_from_windows (fetch_user_arg_t &arg, cyg_ldap *pldap)
>  	 it to a well-known group here. */
>        if (acc_type == SidTypeUser
>  	  && (sid_sub_auth_count (sid) <= 3 || sid_id_auth (sid) == 11))
> -	acc_type = SidTypeWellKnownGroup;
> +	{
> +	  acc_type = SidTypeWellKnownGroup;
> +	  home = cygheap->pg.get_home ((PUSER_INFO_3) NULL, sid, dom, name,
> +				       fully_qualified_name);
> +	}
>        switch ((int) acc_type)
>  	{
>  	case SidTypeUser:
> --
> 2.40.0.windows.1
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2023-03-28 10:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-16 13:06 [PATCH] Allow overriding the home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-21 18:32 ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-10-22 15:38   ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-23  9:10     ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-10-23  9:41       ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-10-23 12:00         ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-12-17 18:05 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2015-12-17 18:05   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2015-12-17 20:20     ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-09-21 11:58       ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-10-18 17:02         ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-10-23 21:04           ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-10-24 11:37             ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-11-10 15:16               ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-10 15:22                 ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-11-18  8:18                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-21 11:41                     ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-03-28  8:21                       ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-12-17 18:05   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Respect `db_home` setting even for the SYSTEM account Johannes Schindelin
2015-12-17 20:49     ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-12-17 21:02       ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-09-21 12:00       ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-09-21 11:51   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2022-09-21 11:51     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2022-09-21 11:52     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts Johannes Schindelin
2022-09-21 11:52     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] Respect `db_home: env` even when no uid can be determined Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28  8:17     ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28  8:17       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28 10:35         ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-03-28 12:34           ` Jon Turney
2023-03-28 13:31             ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-03-29  8:36               ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-03  6:39                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28  8:17       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28 10:16         ` Corinna Vinschen [this message]
2023-04-03  6:36           ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 10:59             ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-03 13:32               ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28  8:17       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] Respect `db_home: env` even when no uid can be determined Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28 10:17         ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-03  6:45           ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 13:12             ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 13:29               ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-03 13:57                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 19:23                   ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-04 15:11                     ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 13:19             ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 14:44       ` [PATCH v5 0/3] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 14:44         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 18:36           ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-04 15:12             ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 14:45         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 18:37           ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-04 15:12             ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 14:45         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] Respect `db_home: env` even when no uid can be determined Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-04 15:07         ` [PATCH v6 0/4] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-04 15:07           ` [PATCH v6 1/4] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-04 15:07           ` [PATCH v6 2/4] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-04 15:07           ` [PATCH v6 3/4] uinfo: special-case IIS APPPOOL accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-04 15:07           ` [PATCH v6 4/4] Do not rely on `getenv ("HOME")`'s path conversion Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-06  8:37             ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-06  9:54               ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-06 10:28                 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-05-22 11:12           ` [PATCH v7 0/4] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2023-05-22 11:12             ` [PATCH v7 1/4] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2023-05-22 11:12             ` [PATCH v7 2/4] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-05-22 11:12             ` [PATCH v7 3/4] uinfo: special-case IIS APPPOOL accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-05-22 11:13             ` [PATCH v7 4/4] Do not rely on `getenv ("HOME")`'s path conversion Johannes Schindelin
2023-06-06 13:33             ` [PATCH v7 0/4] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Corinna Vinschen

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