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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml | 12 |
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diff --git a/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml b/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml index c1aab51551..2b8927cb1e 100644 --- a/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml +++ b/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml @@ -148,12 +148,16 @@ specified prefix. This option can be specified multiple times.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> <term><option>--root=<replaceable>root</replaceable></option></term> - <listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. All - paths will be prefixed with the given alternate - <replaceable>root</replaceable> path, including config search - paths. </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. All paths will be prefixed with the given alternate + <replaceable>root</replaceable> path, including config search paths.</para> + + <para>Note that this option does not alter how the users and groups specified in the configuration files are + resolved. With or without this option, users and groups are always resolved according to the host's user and + group databases, any such databases stored under the specified root directories are not + consulted.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> |