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authorBalint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>2016-11-30 02:36:06 +0100
committerBalint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>2016-11-30 02:36:06 +0100
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parentbfaa59229d61adb7fa0c570f0d94fd324c6e05aa (diff)
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Imported Upstream version 4.4upstream/4.4
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diff --git a/man/newgidmap.1.xml b/man/newgidmap.1.xml
index ad7a186e..864bad14 100644
--- a/man/newgidmap.1.xml
+++ b/man/newgidmap.1.xml
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
</arg>
<arg choice='opt'>
<arg choice='plain'>
- <replaceable>pid</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg choice='plain'>
<replaceable>gid</replaceable>
</arg>
<arg choice='plain'>
@@ -83,8 +80,10 @@
<refsect1 id='description'>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
- The <command>newgidmap</command> sets <filename>/proc/[pid]/gid_map</filename> based on it's
+ The <command>newgidmap</command> sets <filename>/proc/[pid]/gid_map</filename> based on its
command line arguments and the gids allowed in <filename>/etc/subgid</filename>.
+ Note that the root user is not exempted from the requirement for a valid
+ <filename>/etc/subgid</filename> entry.
</para>
<para>
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@
<term>gid</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Begining of the range of GIDs inside the user namespace.
+ Beginning of the range of GIDs inside the user namespace.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@
<term>lowergid</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Begining of the range of GIDs outside the user namespace.
+ Beginning of the range of GIDs outside the user namespace.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/etc/subgid</filename></term>
<listitem>
- <para>List of users subordinate group IDs.</para>
+ <para>List of user's subordinate group IDs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>