Very slow Cygwin startup on Windows 7

[Corinna Vinschen]

Hi Andrey,

On Feb 10 03:05, Andrey Repin wrote:
> [...]
> If you are accepting suggestions, and up for some experimentation, try this:
> 
> # getent passwd $(id -u) > /etc/passwd
> # getent group $(id -G) > /etc/group
> # echo -e "#\npasswd: files db\ngroup: files db\n" > /etc/nsswitch.conf
> 
> and start bash without cygserver running. Just for test.
> The idea is to have "your" groups in files so that in simple case of (just
> startup" Cygwin don't have to talk to DC all too much. If at all.
> 
> You'd still need to run cygserver to benefit from long-time caching, though.

Do you feel up to the task to extend the FAQ entry

https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.using.startup-slow

with a description of your solution?


Thanks,
Corinna


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