From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32403 invoked by alias); 17 Nov 2014 04:05:17 -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 32390 invoked by uid 89); 17 Nov 2014 04:05:16 -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; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 04:05:13 +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 1XqDYo-0003h1-0X ; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:05:06 +0300 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 03:52:03 -0000 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 04:05:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <637715376.20141117065203@yandex.ru> To: Corinna Vinschen , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory In-Reply-To: <20141114103229.GA2782@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20141110205216.GJ2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <0B8D23F7-0258-472D-BF38-860402FD3CDC@etr-usa.com> <20141111101821.GO2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <551076208.20141111182959@yandex.ru> <20141111165751.GV2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <1010183966.20141111231942@yandex.ru> <20141112103026.GZ2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <3610183781.20141112232342@yandex.ru> <20141113090724.GG2782@calimero.vinschen.de> <43494638.20141114004910@yandex.ru> <20141114103229.GA2782@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/msg00406.txt.bz2 Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! >> >> > So the Cygwin home dir >> >> > is equivalent to the CMD homedir, which is %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%, >> >> >> >> Which is covered by "system" setting. Which will either read the location from >> >> AD or use %HOMEPATH%, if all else fails. >> >> >> >> > not %HOMEPATH%/AppData/Roaming/CMD. >> >> >> >> I don't see, why not. Forget for a moment about its true location. >> >> Does it matter, where the files are located, when cygwin is running? >> >> > Not when it's running, but a homedir does *not* belong under AppData, >> > especially not under Roaming. >> >> Perhaps, I'm missing something. What meaning exactly you put into "homedir", >> which seems to preclude any possibility of discussion? > You apparently didn't read what I wrote in this thread. AppData is the > wrong spot. Applications are not supposed to use AppData directly, > rather just the subfolders. I didn't suggest to use AppData directly >.< > And the Roaming subfolder is the worst > of all, given that it contains the roaming profile, which is copied > over to the client at login time. This is not at all the place for > any kind of home directory. Well, now, this is an argument I won't be arguing about. Any expectations of size of a file or directory have a tendency to be wrong. (Proved by passwd/group files...) -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 17.11.2014, <06:49> 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