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Re: Patch, Version 2: UNIX-like permissions on objects
- To: Corinna Vinschen <corinna.vinschen@cityweb.de>
- Subject: Re: Patch, Version 2: UNIX-like permissions on objects
- From: Geoffrey Noer <noer@cygnus.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:11:35 -0800
- Cc: Sergey Okhapkin <sos@prospect.com.ru>, "cygwin32-developers@cygnus.com" <cygwin32-developers@cygnus.com>
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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?
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Geoffrey Noer Email: noer@cygnus.com
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