Re: Testers needed: New passwd/group handling in Cygwin

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 03:48:35PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Feb 16 12:56, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>On Feb 16 03:30, Warren Young wrote:
>>>On Feb 15, 2014, at 5:50 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>>No, that's not right.  We have two mechanisms implemented you can
>>>>choose three out of four possible combinations:
>>>>
>>>>files only db only files, then db
>>>
>>>Yes, I realize that.
>>>
>>>While composing the previous email, I considered a 2-Boolean design:
>>>
>>>ignore_db=false ignore_files=false
>>>
>>>I rejected that design when I realized that ignore_files is redundant
>>>with respect to /etc/foo file existence.  If the files are present, use
>>>them.  If not, you have a DB-only configuration.
>>
>>What if an admin wants to avoid that files are read at all, even if a
>>user manages to generate them?
>
>Anyway, I'm willing to switch from /etc/nsswitch.conf to something
>else.

Can you summarize why this is necessary?  I haven't really followed how
we got to the point where documented nscd.conf/nsswitch.conf
functionality wouldn't be sufficient.

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