> On Mar 2 14:20, Frank Fesevur wrote: > > 2014-02-28 22:08 GMT+01:00 Corinna Vinschen: > > > That's not really a problem but a case of "it is as it is". To get the > > > user and group info, Cygwin has to contact the DC and/or GC and then > > > runs into a timeout. Right now, the LDAP timeout is set to 3 seconds. > > > I don't know yet if it's such a bright idea to lower this timeout value. > > > > I understand why it happens. And three seconds are not the problem. > > > > It is just a bit confusing to activate the shortcut and for 3 seconds > > nothing seems to happen. First time I double-clicked again because I > > though it wasn't working at all. Obviously a bit later two terminal > > showed up. If mintty would should up empty and "wait" those three > > seconds before something happens it is more clear it just takes some > > startup time. But maybe that is more a mintty problem. > > No, this is not mintty's fault. You have to understand that the > request for information from the DC is called before the actual > application had any chance to initialize, This happens before > the application has, in fact, been called from the Cygwin DLL. > > Therefore, if the three seconds are a burden, there are three choices > going forward: > > - We reduce the timeout to 1 second in general, which could be a problem > when utilizing a slow VPN conncetion to the DC, > > - We allow the user to specify a timeout value and set the default to > 1 second. > > - We stick to the 3 seconds and users should switch to files (/etc/passwd > /etc/group) when being offline from their DC. > > I'm really not sure what the best way is, I guess we as a community have > to dice this out somehow. > > > Corinna
Why not have a command that allows you choose whether or not you are "on-line", that is, currently connected to a network with a DC or "off-line" where you are not. In the former you consult the DC in the latter you use the local files? That way you can leave the timeout at a reasonable value. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
