From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25563 invoked by alias); 5 Dec 2014 05:20:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 25534 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2014 05:20:12 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_BODY_URIBL_PCCC,KAM_FROM_URIBL_PCCC,KAM_THEBAT,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtp.ht-systems.ru Received: from smtp.ht-systems.ru (HELO smtp.ht-systems.ru) (78.110.50.177) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 05:20:11 +0000 Received: from [91.78.178.160] (helo=darkdragon.lan) by smtp.ht-systems.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) (Authenticated sender: postmaster@rootdir.org) id 1XwlJE-0004fN-Uk ; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 08:20:05 +0300 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 05:07:43 -0000 Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 05:20:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <1682125876.20141205080743@yandex.ru> To: Corinna Vinschen , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin AD integration home/shell changes In-Reply-To: <20141204094054.GC3810@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20141110205216.GJ2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <0B8D23F7-0258-472D-BF38-860402FD3CDC@etr-usa.com> <20141111101821.GO2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <20141111111437.GB28012@calimero.vinschen.de> <20141126205658.GA9157@calimero.vinschen.de> <946685207.20141203102637@yandex.ru> <20141203091608.GA26844@calimero.vinschen.de> <118770258.20141203164448@yandex.ru> <20141204094054.GC3810@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-12/txt/msg00052.txt.bz2 Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! >> >> > Here's what you get: >> >> >> >> I finally realized, what was tingling me all this time. >> >> The implicit fallback mechanics. I'd rather want to have explicit declaration >> >> and a failure message in case something isn't right. Much easier to fix system >> >> issues, when the system tell you about them. >> >> > The fallback mechanism is pretty much required to have a sane default >> > which works for home users without having to change nsswitch.conf at >> > all. Also, not everybody will want error messages rather than some sane >> > fallback (for any given value of "sane"), while if you don't want a sane >> > fallback, you can easily create an unsane fallback to help you maintain >> > your solution, e.g. >> >> > db_home: cygwin /invalid/read-only-path >> >> Why not set defaults (in case of db_home) to >> >> db_home: cygwin desc /home/%U >> >> and remove fallback? >> It just not seems right - creating workarounds to implement straight behavior. > It's not a workaround from my POV to provide a fallback. Creating a > workable passwd entry is important. If I implement it as you suggest > above, I would still provide the typical "set home to the root dir" > default. Sure, that might be an option. If you mean "complain and set home to the root", then I'm happy with this solution. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 05.12.2014, <08:06> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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