Re: Simplify AD integration?

["D. Boland" <daniel at boland dot nl>]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 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?

I'm a legacy man. So I would say keep the MS symbol and use it like this \daniel,
\SYSTEM, etc.

> 
> 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'?
> 

When in the Cywin domain, do like Cygwin. So, downcasing.

Cheers,
Daniel


--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple