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diff --git a/man/man1/newuidmap.1 b/man/man1/newuidmap.1 index 75363d08..5a8cd9a9 100644 --- a/man/man1/newuidmap.1 +++ b/man/man1/newuidmap.1 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: newuidmap .\" Author: Eric Biederman .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 01/23/2020 +.\" Date: 07/22/2021 .\" Manual: User Commands -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8.1 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.9 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "NEWUIDMAP" "1" "01/23/2020" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8\&.1" "User Commands" +.TH "NEWUIDMAP" "1" "07/22/2021" "shadow\-utils 4\&.9" "User Commands" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ The \fBnewuidmap\fR sets /proc/[pid]/uid_map -based on its command line arguments and the uids allowed in -/etc/subuid\&. Note that the root user is not exempted from the requirement for a valid +based on its command line arguments and the uids allowed\&. Subuid delegation can either be managed via +/etc/subuid +or through the configured NSS subid module\&. These options are mutually exclusive\&. +.PP +Note that the root user is not exempted from the requirement for a valid /etc/subuid entry\&. .PP @@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ Length of the ranges (both inside and outside the user namespace)\&. \fBnewuidmap\fR verifies that the caller is the owner of the process indicated by \fBpid\fR -and that for each of the above sets, each of the UIDs in the range [loweruid, loweruid+count] is allowed to the caller according to +and that for each of the above sets, each of the UIDs in the range [loweruid, loweruid+count) is allowed to the caller according to /etc/subuid before setting /proc/[pid]/uid_map\&. |