From 791c7b13b3ee7e9854424e02dc5e2119902043c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: corinna Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:32:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * cygserver.sgml: Document new feature to store hidden passwords for seteuid. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 9f57e4e431..52cb6c8271 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2008-12-02 Corinna Vinschen + * cygserver.sgml: Document new feature to store hidden passwords + for seteuid. + +2008-12-02 Corinna Vinschen + * ntsec.sgml: Finishing up changes for 1.7. 2008-12-01 Corinna Vinschen diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml index 2f34bbbd72..e34671358a 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml @@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ XSI IPC Message Queues. XSI IPC Semaphores. XSI IPC Shared Memory. + Allows non-privileged users to store obfuscated + passwords in the registry to be used by setuid and + seteuid calls to create user tokens with network + credentials. This service is used by passwd -R. Using the stored + passwords in set(e)uid does not require running + Cygserver. For details, see . + -- 2.11.0