2009-03-26 Yaakov Selkowitz * utils.sgml (passwd -R): Remove references to CYGWIN="server". Index: utils/utils.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/utils/utils.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.74 diff -u -r1.74 utils.sgml --- utils/utils.sgml 23 Mar 2009 20:40:17 -0000 1.74 +++ utils/utils.sgml 27 Mar 2009 07:44:16 -0000 @@ -933,8 +933,7 @@ operations. Don't specify a USER when triggering a system operation. Don't specify a user or any other option together with the -R option. -Non-Admin users can only store their password if cygserver is running and -the CYGWIN environment variable is set to contain the word 'server'. +Non-Admin users can only store their password if cygserver is running. Note that storing even obfuscated passwords in the registry is not overly secure. Use this feature only if the machine is adequately locked down. Don't use this feature if you don't need network access within a remote @@ -1029,9 +1028,7 @@ do. If normal, non-admin users should be allowed to enter their passwords using passwd -R, it's required to run cygserver as a service under the LocalSystem account -and the environment variable CYGWIN -(see ) -must be set to contain the "server" setting before running +before running passwd -R. This only affects storing passwords. Using passwords in privileged processes does not require cygserver to run.