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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2010-04-22 09:05:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2010-04-22 09:05:37 +0000 |
| commit | ebff53b33969c4fbf136ec8c28dfb16488c7ad1c (patch) | |
| tree | cb8d3bc86b53ef174f7d561b0c1ac3fb6d617f04 /winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml | |
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* cygserver.sgml: Note the fact that slave tty/pty handle dispersal is
unsed as of Cygwin 1.7.6.
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): New section. Add tty/pty and
setrlimit changes.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml index b78a93ac4..2fa9376ff 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml @@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ The implemented services so far are: </para> <itemizedlist mark="bullet"> - <listitem><para>Control slave tty/pty handle dispersal from tty owner to other - processes without compromising the owner processes' security.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>XSI IPC Message Queues.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>XSI IPC Semaphores.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>XSI IPC Shared Memory.</para></listitem> @@ -25,6 +23,11 @@ passwords in <command>set(e)uid</command> does not require running Cygserver. For details, see <xref linkend="ntsec-setuid-overview"></xref>. </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>This functionality is no longer used since Cygwin 1.7.6, + but the interface is still available: Control slave tty/pty handle dispersal + from tty owner to other processes without compromising the owner processes' + security. Starting with Cygwin 1.7.6 another safe mechanism to share tty/pty + handles is used.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> |