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Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory
- From: Warren Young <warren at etr-usa dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 23:09:39 -0700
- Subject: Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory
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- References: <20141110205216 dot GJ2782 at calimero dot vinschen dot de>
On Nov 10, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> Shall the "db" entries utilize the Windows home folder if it exits(*)
> and drop using the unixHomeDirectory? It seems inevitable…
Use of AD implies some level of security consciousness. The ability to write to c:\cygwin — not just during installation, but during all use thereafter! — comes out of a world where every user is a local Administrator.
This answer I wrote on Stack Overflow is one way to solve the problem today:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26666180/
It might not be a bad idea if Cygwin started doing this sort of thing by default in the future. (Obviously for new installs only.)
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