Changes in chapter07/createfiles.xml [7c862ea:813ab55]

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chapter07/createfiles.xml

@@ -117 +117 @@
 uuidd:x:80:
 wheel:x:97:
-users:x:999:
-nogroup:x:65534:</literal>
+nogroup:x:65534:
+users:x:999:</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -154 +154 @@
 systemd-oom:x:81:
 wheel:x:97:
-users:x:999:
-nogroup:x:65534:</literal>
+nogroup:x:65534:
+users:x:999:</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -166 +166 @@
   besides the group <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem> with a
   Group ID (GID) of 0, a group <systemitem class="groupname">bin</systemitem>
-  with a GID of 1 be present. The GID of 5 is widely used for
-  <systemitem class="groupname">tty</systemitem> group, and the number 5 is
-  also used in <phrase revision="systemd">systemd</phrase>
-  <phrase revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/fstab</filename></phrase> for the
-  <systemitem class="filesystem">devpts</systemitem> filesystem.
-  All other group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system
-  administrator since well-written programs do not depend on GID numbers,
-  but rather use the group's name.</para>
-
-  <para>The ID 65534 is used by the kernel for NFS and separate user
-  namespaces for unmapped users and groups (those exist on the NFS server
-  or the parent user namespace, but <quote>do not exist</quote> on the local
-  machine or in the separate namespace).  We assign
-  <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> and
-  <systemitem class="groupname">nogroup</systemitem> for it to avoid an
-  unnamed ID.  But other distros may treat this ID differently, so any
-  portable program should not depend on this assignment.</para>
+  with a GID of 1 be present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen
+  freely by the system administrator since well-written programs do not depend
+  on GID numbers, but rather use the group's name.</para>
 
   <para>Some tests in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/> need a regular