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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2015-01-14 14:23:29 +0300
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2015-01-14 14:23:29 +0300
commit3fce2d8a2b6d7ff0d15f7eb71f880aa7595f9151 (patch)
tree4a29afb6471a341699abe6034c3ad24165f93abb /winsup/doc/ntsec.xml
parent5e41539dfc489839e265bacfb54ea758c19d44e5 (diff)
* ntsec.xml (ntsec-mapping-nsswitch-passwd): Document /path %H wildcard.
(ntsec-mapping-nsswitch-home): Disable text explaining how the home directory is fetched from the homeDrive attribute.
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc/ntsec.xml')
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/ntsec.xml24
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml b/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml
index 389a7875c..42fd83791 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/ntsec.xml
@@ -1396,6 +1396,17 @@ definition.
<listitem>Windows domain in NetBIOS style.</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>%H</literal></term>
+ <listitem>Windows home directory in POSIX style. Note that,
+ for the <literal>db_home:</literal> setting, this
+ only makes sense right after the preceeding slash,
+ as in
+<screen>
+db_home: /%H/cygwin
+</screen>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term><literal>%_</literal></term>
<listitem>Since space and TAB characters are used to separate
the schemata, a space in the filename has to be
@@ -1434,13 +1445,16 @@ of each schema when used with <literal>db_home:</literal>
<term><literal>windows</literal></term>
<listitem>The user's home directory is set to the same directory which is
used as Windows home directory. This is the
+<!--
<literal>homeDrive</literal> AD attribute if set, or the
<literal>homeDirectory</literal> AD attribute if
- <literal>homeDrive</literal> is not set. For SAM accounts,
- this is equivalent to the "Home folder" setting in SAM.
- If both attributes are unset, Cygwin falls back to the user's
- local profile directory, typically something along the lines
- of <filename>C:\Users\$USERNAME</filename>. Of course, the
+ <literal>homeDrive</literal> is not set.
+-->
+ <literal>homeDirectory</literal> AD attribute.
+ For SAM accounts, this is equivalent to the "Home folder" setting
+ in SAM. If both attributes are unset, Cygwin falls back to the
+ user's local profile directory, typically something along the
+ lines of <filename>C:\Users\$USERNAME</filename>. Of course, the
Windows directory is converted to POSIX-style by Cygwin.
</listitem>
</varlistentry>