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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2019-07-03 13:04:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2019-07-03 15:54:45 +0200 |
| commit | 007b77ac6c01cb306ff890fbf655e10949118f83 (patch) | |
| tree | ada44a9f2034076ef1d4a83c1c41484b253a9edd /man/tmpfiles.d.xml | |
| parent | 93912e872fb14e9c372e090409e429084a6450f5 (diff) | |
| download | systemd-007b77ac6c01cb306ff890fbf655e10949118f83.tar.gz | |
man: document tmpfiles.d/ user/group resolvability needs
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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index 67bd1dc724..ac6565ec93 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -495,6 +495,14 @@ w- /proc/sys/vm/swappiness - - - - 10</programlisting></para> lines, when omitted or when set to <literal>-</literal>, the file ownership will not be modified. These parameters are ignored for <varname>x</varname>, <varname>r</varname>, <varname>R</varname>, <varname>L</varname>, <varname>t</varname>, and <varname>a</varname> lines.</para> + + <para>This field should generally only reference system users/groups, i.e. users/groups that are + guaranteed to be resolvable during early boot. If this field references users/groups that only become + resolveable during later boot (i.e. after NIS, LDAP or a similar networked directory service become + available), execution of the operations declared by the line will likely fail. Also see <ulink + url="https://systemd.io/UIDS-GIDS.html#notes-on-resolvability-of-user-and-group-names">Notes on + Resolvability of User and Group Names</ulink> for more information on requirements on system user/group + definitions.</para> </refsect2> <refsect2> |