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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@sourceware.org>
To: cygwin-cvs@sourceware.org
Subject: [newlib-cygwin/main] Cygwin: doc: fix description of new "env" schema for /etc/nsswitch.conf
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:35:10 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230329083510.855C83857C4F@sourceware.org> (raw)
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=93b05a87c22ba410e1bac20dddcbcb26956befbc
commit 93b05a87c22ba410e1bac20dddcbcb26956befbc
Author: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 29 10:34:30 2023 +0200
Commit: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
CommitDate: Wed Mar 29 10:34:30 2023 +0200
Cygwin: doc: fix description of new "env" schema for /etc/nsswitch.conf
Fixes: 27376c60a9b8 ("Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable")
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
Diff:
---
winsup/doc/ntsec.xml | 16 ++++++----------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml b/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml
index 1678ff65753b..687789076c0f 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ and on non-AD machines.
</para>
<para>
-Four schemata are predefined, two schemata are variable. The predefined
+Five schemata are predefined, two schemata are variable. The predefined
schemata are the following:
</para>
@@ -1205,14 +1205,10 @@ schemata are the following:
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>env</literal></term>
- <listitem>Derives the home directory of the current user from the
- environment variable <literal>HOME</literal> (falling back to
- <literal>HOMEDRIVE\HOMEPATH</literal> and
- <literal>USERPROFILE</literal>, in that order). This is faster
- than the <term><literal>windows</literal></term> schema at the
- expense of determining only the current user's home directory
- correctly. This schema is skipped for any other account.
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>Utilizes the user's environment. This schema is only supported
+ for setting the home directory yet.
+ See <xref linkend="ntsec-mapping-nsswitch-home"></xref> for
+ the description.</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -1352,7 +1348,7 @@ of each schema when used with <literal>db_home:</literal>
environment variable <literal>HOME</literal> (falling back to
<literal>HOMEDRIVE\HOMEPATH</literal> and
<literal>USERPROFILE</literal>, in that order). This is faster
- than the <term><literal>windows</literal></term> schema at the
+ than the <literal>windows</literal> schema at the
expense of determining only the current user's home directory
correctly. This schema is skipped for any other account.
</listitem>
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