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Date: | Sat, 29 Jun 2002 16:51:19 -0700 (PDT) |
From: | Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: Slowdown |
To: | cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com |
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--- Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> wrote: > > >If on entering from Windows a user doesn't have HOME defined and > >doesn't have a home in passwd, and doesn't have HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH, > >then let's set HOME to some sane value such as WINDIR or c:\, > >rather than risking a lookup. The user will eventually run mkpasswd... > > Really? That's a departure from the way things used to work, isn't it? > Don't you think there will be complaints? > Probably, depending on the affects. I never run mkpasswd, and if it's run by default I always rm /etc/passwd /etc/group. I'm always using the emulated passwd code. Assuming that a user will do something when there are options others always makes an ... Earnie. ===== Earnie Boyd mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com --- <http://earniesystems.safeshopper.com> --- --- Cygwin: POSIX on Windows <http://gw32.freeyellow.com/> --- --- Minimalist GNU for Windows <http://www.mingw.org/> --- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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