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Re: Patch, Version 2: UNIX-like permissions on objects
- To: cygwin developers <cygwin-developers@sourceware.cygnus.com>
- Subject: Re: Patch, Version 2: UNIX-like permissions on objects
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:53:38 -0800 (PST)
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---Geoffrey Noer <noer@cygnus.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 1999, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >
> > How would you like to get the information about the users
> > default shell???
>
> Consider shadow passwd files on Unix. The actual passwords are
> stored elsewhere; this is a little like what we're already doing
> with Cygwin in that the passwds are kept in the Windows OS.
> We can continue to use a physical /etc/passwd as an optional file to
> keep home directories and shells but have Cygwin handle the rest?
> If a user doesn't have an /etc/passwd entry, then slash would be
> their home and bash would be their default shell.
>
> Opinions?
This would give those using Win9x with the /etc/passwd a chance to
keep doing so.
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