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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2022-01-04 11:43:19 -0600 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2022-01-04 11:43:19 -0600 |
| commit | da7949dfb641c2d47264712add6d4090cc20a2f8 (patch) | |
| tree | 607b67a14d644b0eebdb6db55060f2f11392c0c6 /chapter08/shadow.xml | |
| parent | e7f0fa1fa6403e7b2c89857649e40b40f545a2dd (diff) | |
Minor reworing of reason for GID 999
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08/shadow.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/shadow.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/shadow.xml b/chapter08/shadow.xml index 2cc670ea1..ffc2a7ce9 100644 --- a/chapter08/shadow.xml +++ b/chapter08/shadow.xml @@ -200,20 +200,20 @@ useradd -D --gid 999</userinput></screen> <listitem> <para>This parameter sets the beginning of the group numbers used in the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file. The particular value 999 - comes from the <parameter>--gid</parameter> parameter above. - You can modify it to anything you desire. Note that - <command>useradd</command> will never reuse a UID or GID. If the - number identified in this parameter is used, it will use the next - available number after this. Note also that if you don't have a - group with an ID equal to this number on your system the first - time you use <command>useradd</command> - without the <parameter>-g</parameter> parameter, you'll get a message - displayed on the terminal that says: - <computeroutput>useradd: unknown GID 999</computeroutput>, although - the account is correctly created. That is - why we have earlier created the group - <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem> - with this group ID.</para> + comes from the <parameter>--gid</parameter> parameter above. You can + modify it to anything you desire. + + Note that <command>useradd</command> will never reuse a UID or GID. + If the number identified in this parameter is used, it will use the + next available number. Note also that if you don't have a group with + an ID equal to this number on your system the first time you use + <command>useradd</command> without the <parameter>-g</parameter> + parameter, you will get a message displayed on the terminal that + says: <computeroutput>useradd: unknown GID 999</computeroutput>, + although the account is correctly created. That is why we have + created the group <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem> + with this group ID in <xref linkend='ch-tools-createfiles'/>.</para> + </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |