diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index ad41b77bf..54330d292 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2014-08-06 Corinna Vinschen + + * ntsec.xml (ntsec-mapping): Drop plus-prepended builtin accounts as + default setting. Add short explanation in db_prefix: always mode. + Fix a type. Drop a paragraph with redundant information. + 2014-08-03 Yaakov Selkowitz * faq-what.xml (faq.what.who): Remove mention of retired setup diff --git a/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml b/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml index 7bc0f2b65..f2269fd8b 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml @@ -540,12 +540,6 @@ this SID comes from. And even then it will probably suffer a Permission denied error when trying to ask the machine for its local account. - - -Cygwin will map the account to the fake accounts -Unknown+User/Unknown+Group -with uid/gid -1. - @@ -565,11 +559,11 @@ separator character is the plus sign, +. -Well-known SIDs will have the separator character prepended: +Well-known and builtin accounts will be named as in Windows: - "+SYSTEM", "+LOCAL", "+Medium Mandatory Level", ... + "SYSTEM", "LOCAL", "Medium Mandatory Level", ... @@ -794,7 +788,7 @@ In the Local Users and Groups MMC snap-in it's called -You can utilze this field even if you're running a "home edition" of +You can utilize this field even if you're running a "home edition" of Windows, using the command line. The net user command allows to set all values in the SAM, even if the GUI is crippled. @@ -1302,15 +1296,15 @@ is created. The recognized values are: - Builtin accounts have just the separator char prepended: + Builtin accounts are simply used as is: - +LOCAL + LOCAL - +Users + Users @@ -1359,6 +1353,18 @@ is created. The recognized values are: BUILTIN+Users + + + A special case are builtin accounts which have an emtpy domain name. + These will be prependend by just the separator character in + always mode: + + + + + +LOCAL + +