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RE: Cygwin AD schema and configuration extensions (was Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory)
- From: "Habermann, David (D)" <DAHabermann at dow dot com>
- To: "cygwin at cygwin dot com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 21:44:53 +0000
- Subject: RE: Cygwin AD schema and configuration extensions (was Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory)
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> In the long run I'm also planning to allow replacing /etc/fstab and
> /etc/nsswitch.conf with a Cygwin-specific AD configuration extension.
While I can see how this might be attractive for some, I see it as something that must be an optional replacement of the /etc/fstab and /etc/nsswitch.conf files, as in my case the AD is totally outside of my control and these additions will never be implemented.
Dave