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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2014-07-30 15:07:34 +0400
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2014-07-30 15:07:34 +0400
commitf092b3ddf3a68f7f9ad77edf0571911e46da0246 (patch)
tree2df8c160832d65e28f0e3acd9f95f03920ae98a5 /winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
parentdb0378d50fccff728bce8cec70e98b5d55a1e1ad (diff)
* cygwin.xsl: Allow 3 section levels in TOC.
* new-features.xml: (ov-new1.7.32): Add new section. * ntsec.xml: Rename top-level section to reflect extension of topics. Remove old /etc/passwd, /etc/group considerations. Add new sections explaining Windows to POSIX account mapping. Make setuid sections third level sections. * pathnames.xml: Note new method of account mapping for fstab.d/$USER. * faq-setup.xml: Rework references to /etc/passwd and /etc/group to reflect changes to account handling. * faq-using.xml: Ditto.
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
index 3647253e2..b694c640a 100644
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+++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ all users. Sometimes there's a requirement to have user specific
mount points. The Cygwin DLL supports user specific fstab files.
These are stored in the directory <filename>/etc/fstab.d</filename>
and the name of the file is the Cygwin username of the user, as it's
-stored in the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file. The structure of the
+created from the Windows account database or stored in the
+<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file (see
+<xref linkend="ntsec-mapping"></xref>). The structure of the
user specific file is identical to the system-wide
<filename>fstab</filename> file.</para>