diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 9f57e4e43..52cb6c827 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +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. diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml index 2f34bbbd7..e34671358 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 . +