From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26913 invoked by alias); 12 Nov 2014 22:35:15 -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 26883 invoked by uid 89); 12 Nov 2014 22:35:13 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,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; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:35:12 +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 1XogVG-00064A-9G ; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:35:06 +0300 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:32:22 -0000 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:35:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <56235130.20141113013222@yandex.ru> To: cyg Simple , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory In-Reply-To: References: <20141110205216.GJ2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <0B8D23F7-0258-472D-BF38-860402FD3CDC@etr-usa.com> <20141111101821.GO2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <20141111111437.GB28012@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-11/txt/msg00289.txt.bz2 Greetings, cyg Simple! > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Habermann, David (D) wrote: >>>> I also like having everything stored under one main directory (c:\cygwin) for ease of backup >> >>> Why would you back up all of c:\cygwin? Most of it is downloaded from the >>> Internet, and this is easily reinstalled from your cached download. (I'm >>> assuming you keep setup.exe and its download tree on a >>> network drive somewhere.) >> >> I do something similar to you, and the backup isn't the big issue (although >> I do have MANY locally compiled programs here). C:\Users is backed up by >> the corporation, so I either have to duplicate the backup or do multiple >> recoveries from different backup systems to get it all back...that is why I >> prefer c:\cygwin\home > I would have to stop using Cygwin if what is being proposed is put > into action unless I can thwart it by specifying that it uses the > current scenario. Besides, it is nice to have the Cygwin HOME > directory isolated to the Cygwin installation for a portable install > that can be used on a USB thumb drive. > Thumb drive use requires mkpasswd/mkgroup -c >> /etc/passwd/group with > careful security management but it can be done! Can you, perhaps, stop exalting and start reading? Noone said you won't be able to use current scheme, one way or another. Read Corinna's question and understand it, before replying. We need to decide on a sensible DEFAULT behavior, AND a set of ALTERNATIVES, because, obviously, default setting will never suit every use case. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 13.11.2014, <01:29> 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