Re: Simplify AD integration?

[Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@DeFaria.com>]

On 7/30/2014 6:47 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

I have not been actively watching this thread but if I'm correct we're 
adding NIS like capabilities to Cygwin so that /etc/passwd can easily be 
filled with say everybody in the domain? If so then bravo!

I also take it that it's not ready yet either. When it is, how would I 
install it?

> So I'd like to ask a few questions to which I'd like to have some brief
> answers, kind of like a poll, to get a better idea how we should
> proceed:
>
> 1. Shall we remove the leading '+' from the builtin account names
>     or shall we keep it?
>
> 2. Shall we stick to '+' as the separator char or choose another one?
>     If so, which one?

How about "@"?

> 3. Shall we keep the `db_prefix' variability or choose one of
>     the prefixing methods and stick to it?  If so, which one, auto,
>     primary, or always?
>
> Bonus question:
>
> 4. Should Cygwin downcase all usernames when generating the Cygwin
>     username, so, if your Windows username is 'Ralph', your Cygwin
>     username will be 'ralph'?

I say downshift them!
-- 
Andrew DeFaria
http://defaria.com


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