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diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml index 4439d554a7..5ac54df81a 100644 --- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml +++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml @@ -405,35 +405,36 @@ purposes (usually in the range beyond the host's UID/GID 65536). The parameter may be specified as follows:</para> <orderedlist> - <listitem><para>The value <literal>no</literal> turns off user namespacing. This is the default.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>The value <literal>yes</literal> (or the omission of a parameter) turns on user - namespacing. The UID/GID range to use is determined automatically from the file ownership of the root - directory of the container's directory tree. To use this option, make sure to prepare the directory tree in - advance, and ensure that all files and directories in it are owned by UIDs/GIDs in the range you'd like to - use. Also, make sure that used file ACLs exclusively reference UIDs/GIDs in the appropriate range. If this - mode is used the number of UIDs/GIDs assigned to the container for use is 65536, and the UID/GID of the - root directory must be a multiple of 65536.</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>The value "pick" turns on user namespacing. In this case the UID/GID range is automatically - chosen. As first step, the file owner of the root directory of the container's directory tree is read, and it - is checked that it is currently not used by the system otherwise (in particular, that no other container is - using it). If this check is successful, the UID/GID range determined this way is used, similar to the - behaviour if "yes" is specified. If the check is not successful (and thus the UID/GID range indicated in the - root directory's file owner is already used elsewhere) a new – currently unused – UID/GID range of 65536 - UIDs/GIDs is randomly chosen between the host UID/GIDs of 524288 and 1878982656, always starting at a - multiple of 65536. This setting implies <option>--private-users-chown</option> (see below), which has the - effect that the files and directories in the container's directory tree will be owned by the appropriate - users of the range picked. Using this option makes user namespace behaviour fully automatic. Note that the - first invocation of a previously unused container image might result in picking a new UID/GID range for it, - and thus in the (possibly expensive) file ownership adjustment operation. However, subsequent invocations of - the container will be cheap (unless of course the picked UID/GID range is assigned to a different use by - then).</para></listitem> - - <listitem><para>Finally if one or two colon-separated numeric parameters are specified, user namespacing is - turned on, too. The first parameter specifies the first host UID/GID to assign to the container, the second - parameter specifies the number of host UIDs/GIDs to assign to the container. If the second parameter is - omitted, 65536 UIDs/GIDs are assigned.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>If one or two colon-separated numers are specified, user namespacing is turned on. The first + parameter specifies the first host UID/GID to assign to the container, the second parameter specifies the + number of host UIDs/GIDs to assign to the container. If the second parameter is omitted, 65536 UIDs/GIDs are + assigned.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>If the parameter is omitted, or true, user namespacing is turned on. The UID/GID range to + use is determined automatically from the file ownership of the root directory of the container's directory + tree. To use this option, make sure to prepare the directory tree in advance, and ensure that all files and + directories in it are owned by UIDs/GIDs in the range you'd like to use. Also, make sure that used file ACLs + exclusively reference UIDs/GIDs in the appropriate range. If this mode is used the number of UIDs/GIDs + assigned to the container for use is 65536, and the UID/GID of the root directory must be a multiple of + 65536.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>If the parameter is false, user namespacing is turned off. This is the default.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem><para>The special value <literal>pick</literal> turns on user namespacing. In this case the UID/GID + range is automatically chosen. As first step, the file owner of the root directory of the container's + directory tree is read, and it is checked that it is currently not used by the system otherwise (in + particular, that no other container is using it). If this check is successful, the UID/GID range determined + this way is used, similar to the behaviour if "yes" is specified. If the check is not successful (and thus + the UID/GID range indicated in the root directory's file owner is already used elsewhere) a new – currently + unused – UID/GID range of 65536 UIDs/GIDs is randomly chosen between the host UID/GIDs of 524288 and + 1878982656, always starting at a multiple of 65536. This setting implies + <option>--private-users-chown</option> (see below), which has the effect that the files and directories in + the container's directory tree will be owned by the appropriate users of the range picked. Using this option + makes user namespace behaviour fully automatic. Note that the first invocation of a previously unused + container image might result in picking a new UID/GID range for it, and thus in the (possibly expensive) file + ownership adjustment operation. However, subsequent invocations of the container will be cheap (unless of + course the picked UID/GID range is assigned to a different use by then).</para></listitem> </orderedlist> <para>It is recommended to assign at least 65536 UIDs/GIDs to each container, so that the usable UID/GID range in the |