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@@ -2116,11 +2116,9 @@ D: on /d type fat (binary,user,noumount)
has been given as argument, a command and its arguments can be
specified on the command line.</para>
- <para>Please note that setting the primary group to any arbitrary group
- is no privileged operation on Windows. However, even if this group is
- not in your current user token, or if the group is in your user token
- but marked as <literal>deny-only</literal>, no additional permissions
- can be obtained by setting this group as primary group.</para>
+ <para>The new primary group must be either the old primary group, or
+ it must be part of the supplementary group list. Setting the primary
+ group to an arbitrary group is not allowed in Windows.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="newgrp-seealso">