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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 @@ <listitem><para>XSI IPC Message Queues.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>XSI IPC Semaphores.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>XSI IPC Shared Memory.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Allows non-privileged users to store obfuscated + passwords in the registry to be used by <command>setuid</command> and + <command>seteuid</command> calls to create user tokens with network + credentials. This service is used by <command><link + linkend="passwd">passwd</link> -R</command>. Using the stored + passwords in <command>set(e)uid</command> does not require running + Cygserver. For details, see <xref linkend="ntsec-nopasswd3"></xref>. + </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> |