Changeset 2b3f5219 for chapter08/shadow.xml

Timestamp:

01/04/2022 04:53:09 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@…>

Branches:

11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

e7f0fa1

Parents:

7f13657d

Message:

Reword explanation of GROUP parameter in /etc/default/useradd

Tell that 999 comes from the --gid parameter, and that we already have
a group "users" with this gid to prevent messages when first using useradd.

File:

• chapter08/shadow.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter08/shadow.xml

@@ -189 +189 @@
     <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> needs to be created and taylored
     to suit your particular needs. Create it with:</para>
+
 <screen><userinput>mkdir -p /etc/default
 useradd -D --gid 999</userinput></screen>
@@ -199 +200 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>This parameter sets the beginning of the group numbers used in
-          the /etc/group file. You can modify it to anything you desire. Note
-          that <command>useradd</command> will never reuse a UID or GID. If the
+          the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file. The particular value 999
+          comes from the <parameter>--gid</parameter> parameter above.
+          You can modify it to anything you desire. Note that
+          <command>useradd</command> will never reuse a UID or GID. If the
           number identified in this parameter is used, it will use the next
-          available number after this. Note also that if you don't have a group
-          1000 on your system the first time you use <command>useradd</command>
+          available number after this. Note also that if you don't have a
+          group with an ID equal to this number on your system the first
+          time you use <command>useradd</command>
           without the <parameter>-g</parameter> parameter, you'll get a message
           displayed on the terminal that says:
-          <computeroutput>useradd: unknown GID 1000</computeroutput>. You may
-          disregard this message and group number 1000 will be used.</para>
+          <computeroutput>useradd: unknown GID 999</computeroutput>, although
+          the account is correctly created. That is
+          why we have earlier created the group <parameter>users</parameter>
+          with this group ID.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>