* ntsec.xml: Disable description of db_prefix and db_separator settings.

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Corinna Vinschen 2014-08-31 18:19:03 +00:00
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2014-08-31 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* ntsec.xml: Disable description of db_prefix and db_separator settings.
2014-08-31 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> 2014-08-31 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* utils.xml (getfacl): Document additional suid/sgid/vtx flag printing. * utils.xml (getfacl): Document additional suid/sgid/vtx flag printing.

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@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ treat these SIDs as identifying two separate accounts. One is
"FOO\johndoe", the other one is "BAR\johndoe" or "johndoe@bar.local". "FOO\johndoe", the other one is "BAR\johndoe" or "johndoe@bar.local".
Different SID, different account. Full stop. </para> Different SID, different account. Full stop. </para>
<para>Starting with Cygwin 1.7.32, Cygwin uses an automatic, internal <para>Starting with Cygwin 1.7.33, Cygwin uses an automatic, internal
translation from Windows SID to POSIX UID/GID. This mechanism, which is translation from Windows SID to POSIX UID/GID. This mechanism, which is
the preferred method for the SID&lt;=&gt;UID/GID mapping, is described in the preferred method for the SID&lt;=&gt;UID/GID mapping, is described in
detail in <xref linkend="ntsec-mapping"></xref>.</para> detail in <xref linkend="ntsec-mapping"></xref>.</para>
<para>Up to Cygwin 1.7.31, the last part of the SID, the so called <para>Prior to Cygwin 1.7.33, the last part of the SID, the so called
"Relative IDentifier" (RID), was by default used as UID and/or GID "Relative IDentifier" (RID), was by default used as UID and/or GID
when you created the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and when you created the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
<filename>/etc/group</filename> files using the <filename>/etc/group</filename> files using the
@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ documented, albeit in a confusing way and spread over multiple MSDN articles.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
Starting with Cygwin 1.7.32, Cygwin utilizes an approach inspired by the Starting with Cygwin 1.7.33, Cygwin utilizes an approach inspired by the
mapping method as implemented by SFU, with a few differences for backward mapping method as implemented by SFU, with a few differences for backward
compatibility and to handle some border cases differently. compatibility and to handle some border cases differently.
</para> </para>
@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ the same name, how do we uniquely differ between them by name? Well, we can do
that by making their names unique in a per-machine way. Dependent on the that by making their names unique in a per-machine way. Dependent on the
domain membership of the account, and dependent of the machine being a domain domain membership of the account, and dependent of the machine being a domain
member or not, the user and group names will be generated using a domain prefix member or not, the user and group names will be generated using a domain prefix
and a separator character between domain and account name. The default and a separator character between domain and account name. The <!-- default -->
separator character is the plus sign, <literal>+</literal>. separator character is the plus sign, <literal>+</literal>.
</para> </para>
@ -674,8 +674,8 @@ You want to specify a different login shell than <filename>/bin/bash</filename>.
How this is done depends on your account being a domain account or a How this is done depends on your account being a domain account or a
local account. Let's start with the default. Assuming your Windows local account. Let's start with the default. Assuming your Windows
account name is <literal>bigfoot</literal> and your domain is account name is <literal>bigfoot</literal> and your domain is
<literal>MY_DOM</literal>. Your default passwd entry in absence of <literal>MY_DOM</literal>. Your default passwd entry <!-- in absence of
anything I'll describe below looks like this: anything I'll describe below -->looks like this:
</para> </para>
<screen> <screen>
@ -1153,9 +1153,9 @@ file set up to all default values:
# /etc/nsswitch.conf # /etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd: files db passwd: files db
group: files db group: files db
<!--
db_prefix: auto db_prefix: auto
db_separator: + db_separator: + -->
db_enum: cache builtin db_enum: cache builtin
</screen> </screen>
@ -1256,11 +1256,12 @@ always try the files first, then the db.
<para> <para>
The remaining entries define certain aspects of the Windows account The remaining entries define certain aspects of the Windows account
database search. database search. Right now, only one entry is valid:
</para> </para>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact"> <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<!--
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
<literal>db_prefix:</literal> determines how the Cygwin user or group name <literal>db_prefix:</literal> determines how the Cygwin user or group name
@ -1401,7 +1402,7 @@ This results in usernames with the backslash as separator:
</screen> </screen>
</listitem> </listitem>
-->
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
<literal>db_enum:</literal> defines the depth of a database search, if an <literal>db_enum:</literal> defines the depth of a database search, if an