From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18912 invoked by alias); 16 Feb 2014 18:25:47 -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 18891 invoked by uid 89); 16 Feb 2014 18:25:47 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 18:25:46 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 012D6520860; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:25:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 18:30:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Testers needed: New passwd/group handling in Cygwin Message-ID: <20140216182543.GW2246@calimero.vinschen.de> 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> <20140216170946.GB4274@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LJuv+M/03Kgs6kNS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140216170946.GB4274@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-02/txt/msg00437.txt.bz2 --LJuv+M/03Kgs6kNS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1652 On Feb 16 12:09, Christopher Faylor wrote: > 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=3Dfalse ignore_files=3Dfalse > >>> > >>>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. >=20 > 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. Documented for Linux or documented for Cygwin? Most of the settings now done in nsswitch.conf have nothing to do with what is done in nsswitch.conf on other OSes. These settings have no equivalent to the settings done in nscd.conf either. Except for the passwd: and group: settings, they are plain Cygwin only. Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --LJuv+M/03Kgs6kNS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-length: 819 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTAQKnAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+gwKoQAJCPTo+ubYXDUXknHpBQ1qgJ 7u82atvEHc6dZ5p4U7+PuBq9ndxVbeRpPgn87bQG0kHCrWsOjDMXLTKmcjFpRra9 xhy22Yka2ZVuUc+KkTgDLSGH64TPTH9Cc5vodEyUEE/ois4GZADskgJOOrH9XDcx elW1/9c6iVU5Q2FiRWKverEqXD36hC/DHbN2Q+ChjqT5ZH2zSsQIug2ZhlNLSTxE M6Z8xfNaU23EFg+J6BOy87YR0IYd2/op6Cl7G2Zg3DUTq9uRk8eHcu5X2ZggNrZe SnCAc1vXyXtxHgOY/rLDfKEKs3uMycW20Zndui8/LzX97k1g1bKXTLD8WkanZ5HM UrjED0ZoNDkz61cJP05wBo8uE5WlAO3Hslw0iIV8QgYPUdit+LRzd1LvwZnsUvRq VuxQ0BA/itSGcADuiex3JYvN7+K5ThyufOB4jh8uq0boRiK1BSlWlrcDJY2oy8cf CN9KOQAi9nb18245v5pcQj+0qJ6h8KME3uNbQ/OSn6IU2cxefufdw7huzfRIFb5+ bXBJo34mMIpd0yY5rmIL2T6L+WZqwIlD5hyGl0Snp35nn7y99JapUaZ9xUS6AeYO wf0nFwWhRntYgEv8RqHJ45jmWP6gZD1RKz4H5WPGBxrTKuhqrFEejYJUMA+5rtRD DPM4mpQ+O21iXD4UytnF =5AzQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LJuv+M/03Kgs6kNS--