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


Frank Fesevur writes:

> 2014-03-03 10:21 GMT+01:00 Corinna Vinschen:
>> - We allow the user to specify a timeout value and set the default to
>>   1 second.

> I think the [above] makes most sense. Maybe even keep the default
> timeout on 3 seconds. When the user can change the value, it is up to
> them to play with it and figure out what works best for them. I
> personally would try to set it to 1 second, since I almost never have
> a slow VPN.

As someone who _never_ cares about group membership at all (as far as
I know), and runs on a network where no domain server will ever
respond, can I request that the default setup be carefully considered,
if the proposal above would mean me always waiting 1 second, to say
nothing of 3 seconds, to launch anything.

Should we be considering some form of configuration tool, similar to
ssh-host-config, which will set appropriate configuration values for a
range of common situations, including the "no domain controller" one?

Not sure I can volunteer, as I haven't been following the details up
to this point because the functionality is not one I use.

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