From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15505 invoked by alias); 16 Feb 2014 17:09:51 -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 15491 invoked by uid 89); 16 Feb 2014 17:09:50 -0000 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 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.72) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 17:09:50 +0000 Received: from pool-173-76-49-34.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([173.76.49.34] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WF5Dw-000MCV-3f for cygwin@cygwin.com; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 17:09:48 +0000 Received: from ednor (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with SMTP id 1BED660104 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 12:09:46 -0500 (EST) Received: by ednor (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 16 Feb 2014 12:09:46 -0500 X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18wPNOb9jSBCOjFhTnQZZXT Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 17:15:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Testers needed: New passwd/group handling in Cygwin Message-ID: <20140216170946.GB4274@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20140213143849.GH2246@calimero.vinschen.de> <52FD63BC.60800@etr-usa.com> <20140214104243.GY2246@calimero.vinschen.de> <52FE786F.9040203@etr-usa.com> <20140215125043.GK2246@calimero.vinschen.de> <7F9D4826-E8D5-41E7-A8B6-B41922FE6E1C@etr-usa.com> <20140216115612.GO2246@calimero.vinschen.de> <20140216144835.GS2246@calimero.vinschen.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) X-SW-Source: 2014-02/txt/msg00431.txt.bz2 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