From 72f4ea45e6dd8ceaba5dfee67884e4760ed56370 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:21:22 +0000 Subject: * utils.xml (passwd): Align to latest changes. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ winsup/doc/utils.xml | 15 +++++++-------- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 258c6dde1..96986f31b 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2014-11-24 Corinna Vinschen + + * utils.xml (passwd): Align to latest changes. + 2014-11-13 Corinna Vinschen * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.34): Add new section. diff --git a/winsup/doc/utils.xml b/winsup/doc/utils.xml index 135d55483..655b4e8bb 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/utils.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/utils.xml @@ -1330,9 +1330,7 @@ System operations: Other options: -d, --logonserver SERVER connect to SERVER (e.g. domain controller). - Default server is the local system, unless - changing the current user, in which case the - default is the content of $LOGONSERVER. + Usually not required. -S, --status display password status for USER (locked, expired, etc.) plus global system password settings. -h, --help output usage information and exit. @@ -1410,11 +1408,12 @@ specifying an empty password. All operations affecting the current user are by default run against the logon server of the current user (taken from the environment variable LOGONSERVER. When password or account information of other - users should be changed, the default server is the local system. To - change a user account on a remote machine, use the -d - option to specify the machine to run the command against. Note that the - current user must be a valid member of the administrators group on the - remote machine to perform such actions. + users should be changed, the logon server is evaluated automatically. + In rare cases, it might be necessary to switch to another domain + controller to perform the action. In this case, use the + -d option to specify the machine to run the command + against. Note that the current user must have account operator permissions + to perform user account changes in a domain. Users can use the passwd -R to enter a password which then gets stored in a special area of the registry on the local -- cgit v1.2.3