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<varlistentry>
<term><option>--uid=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>When used with the <command>shell</command>
- command, chooses the user ID to open the interactive shell
- session as. If this switch is not specified, defaults to
- <literal>root</literal>. Note that this switch is not
- supported for the <command>login</command> command (see
- below).</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>When used with the <command>shell</command> command, chooses the user ID to
+ open the interactive shell session as. If the argument to the <command>shell</command>
+ command also specifies an user name, this option is ignored. If the name is not specified
+ in either way, <literal>root</literal> will be used by default. Note that this switch is
+ not supported for the <command>login</command> command (see below).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>