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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@ubuntu.com>2018-01-25 12:50:14 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@ubuntu.com>2018-01-25 17:43:08 +0100
commit28e7fad73f823124577281d8dcebe8cb8f82acf3 (patch)
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parente2c2060f7b3b11fa3cca8899d80963b7a05cc4ab (diff)
downloadsystemd-28e7fad73f823124577281d8dcebe8cb8f82acf3.tar.gz
sysusers: ensure GID in uid:gid syntax exists
Ensure that the GID already exists or is created when the new "uid:gid" syntax is used. This ensures the behaviour is always predictable.
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/sysusers.d.xml b/man/sysusers.d.xml
index a4083adb4f..c0d8a1682a 100644
--- a/man/sysusers.d.xml
+++ b/man/sysusers.d.xml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ u root 0 "Superuser" /root</programlisting>
match the owners of pre-existing files (such as SUID or SGID
binaries).
The syntax <literal><replaceable>uid</replaceable>:<replaceable>gid</replaceable></literal> is also supported to
- allow creating user and group pairs with different numeric UID and GID values. If a group with the indicated GID already exists it is not created.
+ allow creating user and group pairs with different numeric UID and GID values. The group with the indicated GID must get created explicitly before or it must already exist.
</para>
<para>For <varname>m</varname> lines, this field should contain