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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>2022-05-02 16:02:10 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>2022-05-02 16:02:10 +0800
commit7c862eac22b81a8224a9b9c549bb2eebb3f77b7f (patch)
tree6c38b31fd2f9a33c16c1ceaeb957e04f02edfa26
parent0414633793e568fd49a4b1fbae74fada9ab48838 (diff)
GID 5 (for tty) is also special
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diff --git a/chapter07/createfiles.xml b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
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@@ -165,9 +165,14 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
url="http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/lsb.shtml"/>) only recommends that,
besides the group <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem> with a
Group ID (GID) of 0, a group <systemitem class="groupname">bin</systemitem>
- with a GID of 1 be present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen
- freely by the system administrator since well-written programs do not depend
- on GID numbers, but rather use the group's name.</para>
+ with a GID of 1 be present. The GID of 5 is widely used for
+ <systemitem class="groupname">tty</systemitem> group, and the number 5 is
+ also used in <phrase revision="systemd">systemd</phrase>
+ <phrase revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/fstab</filename></phrase> for the
+ <systemitem class="filesystem">devpts</systemitem> filesystem.
+ All other group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system
+ administrator since well-written programs do not depend on GID numbers,
+ but rather use the group's name.</para>
<para>The ID 65534 is used by the kernel for NFS and separate user
namespaces for unmapped users and groups (those exist on the NFS server