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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@sourceware.org> To: cygwin-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: [newlib-cygwin/main] Cygwin: newgrp: improve doumentation Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 19:16:24 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview] Message-ID: <20230114191624.F37553858D1E@sourceware.org> (raw) https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=34b361c903c6409a41c9404590885d4d4b7c6a06 commit 34b361c903c6409a41c9404590885d4d4b7c6a06 Author: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> AuthorDate: Sat Jan 14 20:13:54 2023 +0100 Commit: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> CommitDate: Sat Jan 14 20:13:54 2023 +0100 Cygwin: newgrp: improve doumentation Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> Diff: --- winsup/doc/utils.xml | 28 +++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/utils.xml b/winsup/doc/utils.xml index 927dc7c6b85e..71c220d3006d 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/utils.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/utils.xml @@ -1967,26 +1967,32 @@ D: on /d type fat (binary,user,noumount) <para><command>newgrp</command> changes the primary group for a command.</para> - <para>If the '-' flag is given as first argument, the user's environment - will be reinitialized as though the user had logged in, otherwise the - current environment, including current working directory, remains - unchanged.</para> + <para>If the <option>-</option> flag is given as first argument, the + user's environment will be reinitialized as though the user had logged + in, otherwise the current environment, including current working + directory, remains unchanged.</para> <para><command>newgrp</command> changes the current primary group to the named group, or to the default group listed in /etc/passwd if no group name is given.</para> <para>By default, the user's standard shell is started, called as login - shell if the '-' flag has been specified. If a group has been given - as argument, a command and its arguments can be specified on the - command line.</para> + shell if the <option>-</option> flag has been specified. If a group + has been given as argument, a command and its arguments can be + specified on the command line.</para> <para>Please note that setting the primary group to any arbitrary group - is no privileged operation on Windows. However, if this group is not - in your current user token, or if the group is in your user token but - marked as <literal>deny-only</literal>, no additional permissions can - be obtained by setting this group as primary group.</para> + is no privileged operation on Windows. However, even if this group is + not in your current user token, or if the group is in your user token + but marked as <literal>deny-only</literal>, no additional permissions + can be obtained by setting this group as primary group.</para> </refsect1> + + <refsect1 id="newgrp-seealso"> + <title>See also</title> + <para><command>id</command>(1), <command>login</command>(1).</para> + </refsect1> + </refentry> <refentry id="passwd">
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