Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

Bill Stewart bstewart@iname.com
Tue Feb 19 17:20:00 GMT 2019


On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 8:47 AM Bill Stewart wrote:

> (a) Is this correct?
>
> (b) Is there a particular reason this order was chosen (instead of
> local first, then domain, i.e., the usual Windows order)?

Please disregard. I forgot the reason was to have the same behavior as
the Windows logon screen, which (although different from the API
order) is sensible.

Regards,

Bill

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