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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2011-05-02 15:56:36 +0400
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2011-05-02 15:56:36 +0400
commit138f3e0cbdd1f2574963c2134f894a241fd1f348 (patch)
tree2deae0175c512ff12fe03b0cfab1f6380bab9fce /winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml
parent29b13272088236e282066c31b031b6de73dd0bea (diff)
Throughout remove NT4 from documentation.
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document change in passwd command.
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml b/winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml
index 8484b9f51..0bacdb46e 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml
+++ b/winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml
@@ -436,11 +436,10 @@ deny ACEs. The second rule is not modified to get the ACEs in the
preferred order.</para>
<para>Unfortunately the security tab in the file properties dialog of
-the Windows NT4 explorer is completely unable to deal with access denied ACEs
-while the Windows 2000 and later properties dialog rearranges the order of the
-ACEs to canonical order before you can read them. Thank God, the sort
-order remains unchanged if one presses the Cancel button. But don't
-even <emphasis role='bold'>think</emphasis> of pressing OK...</para>
+the Windows Explorer insists to rearrange the order of the ACEs to
+canonical order before you can read them. Thank God, the sort order
+remains unchanged if one presses the Cancel button. But don't even
+<emphasis role='bold'>think</emphasis> of pressing OK...</para>
<para>Canonical ACLs are unable to reflect each possible combination
of POSIX permissions. Example:</para>
@@ -498,8 +497,8 @@ OthersAllow: 110
</screen>
<para>Again: This works on all existing versions of Windows NT, at the
-time of writing from at least NT4 up to Server 2008 R2. Only the GUIs
-aren't able (or willing) to deal with that order.</para>
+time of writing from at least Windows 2000 up to Server 2008 R2. Only
+the GUIs aren't able (or willing) to deal with that order.</para>
</sect2>
@@ -703,10 +702,6 @@ bash$ grep foo //server/share/foofile
<sect2 id="ntsec-nopasswd2"><title id="ntsec-nopasswd2.title">Switching the user context without password, Method 2: LSA authentication package</title>
-<para>Caveat: The method described in this chapter only works starting
-with Windows 2000. Windows NT4 users have to use one of the other
-methods described in this document.</para>
-
<para>We're looking for another way to switch the user context without
having to provide the password. Another technique is to create an
LSA authentication package. LSA is an acronym for "Local Security Authority"