Changeset da7949d for chapter08/shadow.xml

Timestamp:

01/04/2022 05:43:19 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

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Children:

b029aa8

Parents:

e7f0fa1

Message:

Minor reworing of reason for GID 999

File:

• chapter08/shadow.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter08/shadow.xml

@@ -201 +201 @@
           <para>This parameter sets the beginning of the group numbers used in
           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 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 999</computeroutput>, although
-          the account is correctly created. That is
-          why we have earlier created the group
-          <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem>
-          with this group ID.</para>
+          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. 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 will get a message displayed on the terminal that
+          says: <computeroutput>useradd: unknown GID 999</computeroutput>,
+          although the account is correctly created. That is why we have
+          created the group <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem> 
+          with this group ID in <xref linkend='ch-tools-createfiles'/>.</para>
+        
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>