Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Nov 28 13:48, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov 28 15:08, Andrey Repin wrote:
> > Greetings, Corinna Vinschen!
> > 
> > >> The meaning of the schemata depend on the setting:
> > >> 
> > >>   db_home:
> > >> 
> > >>     windows         AD and SAM: Utilizes the setting of the homeDrive or
> > >>                   homeDirectory attributes, or their SAM "Home folder"
> > >>                   counterparts.  The Windows path is converted to a
> > >>                   POSIX path.
> > 
> > > I'm not really happy with this.  It requires to write some value to the
> > > homeDrive/homeDirectory attributes, because it doesn't fall back to the
> > > Windows default values.
> > 
> > > So, another question is this:  Shall "db_home: windows" fall back
> > > to the default Windows home dir if homeDrive/homeDirectory are empty?
> > 
> > Yes, if you mean it.
> > I mean, if you intend to use the same directory OS using for user's home
> > directory, you gotta use something that resembles the OS behavior.
> 
> Good point.  It's just a bit lengthy to implement.

Implemented in the latest snapshot at https://cygwin.com/snapshots/
Please give it a try.


Thanks,
Corinna

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