From: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Testers needed: New passwd/group handling in Cygwin
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:05:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAXzdLVtMzdNDdm9-4puB1jJngjONS=Wbq3TXmDrJKDHcBJ5Ow@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140213143849.GH2246@calimero.vinschen.de>
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> For as long as Cygwin has existed, it has stored user and group
> information in /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Under the assumption
> that these files would never be too large, the first process in a
> process tree, as well as every execing process within the tree would
> parse them into structures in memory. Thus every Cygwin process would
> contain an expanded copy of the full information from /etc/passwd and
> /etc/group.
Stellar writeup! I read the whole post. I am happy to help, but I have couple of
questions
- How will this affect "normal" users, that is to say one admin user on one
computer with no domain or networking? Will it be better to use this new
system or keep /etc/passwd?
- Do you have any benchmarks available? Or instructions on how we could test the
speed of the new system?
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2014-02-13 14:44 Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-13 16:05 ` Steven Penny [this message]
2014-02-13 16:17 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-13 16:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-13 16:42 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-13 18:41 ` Lord Laraby
2014-02-13 18:49 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2014-02-13 19:05 ` Lord Laraby
2014-02-13 19:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-13 19:52 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-14 0:31 ` Warren Young
2014-02-14 7:36 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-14 8:00 ` Warren Young
2014-02-14 9:47 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-13 19:33 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-13 19:50 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-13 19:41 ` m0viefreak
2014-02-13 19:56 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-13 22:20 ` David Stacey
2014-02-14 9:05 ` Dave Kilroy
2014-02-14 10:16 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-14 11:00 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-14 13:51 ` Kurt Franke
2014-02-14 14:05 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-14 9:49 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-13 23:12 ` New passwd/group handling in Cygwin - test results and observations Andrey Repin
2014-02-14 10:42 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-14 12:35 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-14 14:13 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-16 14:34 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-16 14:48 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-16 15:44 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-16 15:52 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-16 16:35 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-14 6:40 ` Testers needed: New passwd/group handling in Cygwin Warren Young
2014-02-14 10:48 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-14 12:56 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-14 14:15 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-14 20:18 ` Warren Young
2014-02-14 21:49 ` Warren Young
2014-02-15 12:52 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-16 11:48 ` Warren Young
2014-02-16 12:00 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-16 14:50 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-16 17:15 ` Christopher Faylor
2014-02-16 18:30 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-16 16:35 ` Warren Young
2014-02-16 16:53 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-14 10:20 ` Frank Fesevur
2014-02-14 10:50 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-14 12:05 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-14 14:04 ` Ken Brown
2014-02-14 14:22 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-14 15:23 ` Ken Brown
2014-02-15 2:51 ` Frank Fesevur
2014-02-15 12:56 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-19 9:32 ` Frank Fesevur
2014-02-17 17:25 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-19 15:05 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-19 18:50 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-19 19:32 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-19 19:56 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-19 20:27 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-20 16:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-20 17:35 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-21 15:33 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-21 16:29 ` Ken Brown
2014-02-21 16:31 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-25 18:25 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-25 19:16 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-25 20:04 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-25 20:25 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-25 20:28 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-25 21:55 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-25 22:59 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-26 3:09 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-26 10:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-26 9:06 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-26 10:07 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-26 16:12 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-26 19:14 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-27 9:08 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-27 9:49 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-27 9:58 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-27 13:25 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-27 15:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-27 23:20 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-28 12:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-28 20:10 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-28 20:29 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-28 21:08 ` Frank Fesevur
2014-02-28 21:13 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-28 21:50 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-02 13:21 ` Frank Fesevur
2014-03-03 9:21 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-03 12:19 ` Frank Fesevur
2014-03-03 12:29 ` Henry S. Thompson
2014-03-03 13:19 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-03 17:06 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-04 8:07 ` Warren Young
2014-03-04 8:08 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-04 8:10 ` Warren Young
2014-03-04 8:19 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-05 16:47 ` Warren Young
2014-03-05 20:18 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-05 23:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-03 18:24 ` Andy Hall
2014-03-01 8:59 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-28 22:35 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-28 23:03 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-03 9:23 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-03 14:50 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-03 15:07 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-03 15:35 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-03 15:41 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-03 20:50 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-03 22:28 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-03 23:09 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-04 0:37 ` Andrey Repin
2014-03-04 11:35 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-28 15:49 ` Achim Gratz
2014-02-28 17:43 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-10 18:14 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-10 18:29 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-10 19:21 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-10 20:11 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-10 20:37 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-11 11:56 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-11 12:07 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-11 12:40 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-11 13:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-11 17:06 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-11 18:14 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-11 18:50 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-11 19:56 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-12 9:27 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-03-12 18:00 ` Achim Gratz
2014-05-06 20:08 ` Achim Gratz
2014-03-12 9:23 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-27 19:08 ` Frank Fesevur
2014-02-27 19:38 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-27 20:16 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-27 23:36 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-27 20:10 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-28 14:10 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-18 17:48 J.H. vd Water
2014-02-18 17:54 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-18 18:14 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-18 18:44 J.H. vd Water
2014-02-18 19:13 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-18 19:08 J.H. vd Water
2014-02-18 19:18 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-18 19:25 Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C]
2014-02-18 19:35 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-18 20:02 ` Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C]
2014-02-19 8:38 J.H. vd Water
2014-02-19 11:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-19 11:48 J.H. vd Water
2014-02-19 15:47 ` Andrey Repin
2014-02-19 16:06 ` J.H. vd Water
2014-02-19 19:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-19 21:15 J.H. vd Water
2014-02-20 11:24 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-20 12:04 J.H. vd Water
2014-02-20 13:16 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-20 13:34 J.H. vd Water
2014-02-20 14:57 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-20 19:05 J.H. vd Water
2014-02-20 19:23 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-02-21 7:41 J.H. vd Water
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