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See the GNU + Lesser General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +--> +<refentry id="sysusers.d" conditional='ENABLE_SYSUSERS' + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> + + <refentryinfo> + <title>sysusers.d</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <contrib>Developer</contrib> + <firstname>Lennart</firstname> + <surname>Poettering</surname> + <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> + </author> + </authorgroup> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>sysusers.d</refname> + <refpurpose>Declarative allocation of system users and groups</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <para><filename>/usr/lib/sysusers.d/*.conf</filename></para> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para><command>systemd-sysusers</command> uses the files from + <filename>sysusers.d</filename> directory to create system users + and groups at package installation or boot time. This tool may be + used to allocate system users and groups only, it is not useful + for creating non-system users and groups, as it accesses + <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and + <filename>/etc/group</filename> directly, bypassing any more + complex user databases, for example any database involving NIS or + LDAP.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Configuration Format</title> + + <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the style of + <filename><replaceable>package</replaceable>.conf</filename> or + <filename><replaceable>package</replaceable>-<replaceable>part</replaceable>.conf</filename>. + The second variant should be used when it is desirable to make it + easy to override just this part of configuration.</para> + + <para>The file format is one line per user or group containing + name, ID, GECOS field description and home directory:</para> + + <programlisting># Type Name ID GECOS +u httpd 440 "HTTP User" +u authd /usr/bin/authd "Authorization user" +g input - - +m authd input +u root 0 "Superuser" /root</programlisting> + + <refsect2> + <title>Type</title> + + <para>The type consists of a single letter. The following line + types are understood:</para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>u</varname></term> + <listitem><para>Create a system user and group of the + specified name should they not exist yet. The user's primary + group will be set to the group bearing the same name. The + user's shell will be set to + <filename>/sbin/nologin</filename>, the home directory to + the specified home directory, or <filename>/</filename> if + none is given. The account will be created disabled, so that + logins are not allowed.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>g</varname></term> + <listitem><para>Create a system group of the specified name + should it not exist yet. Note that <varname>u</varname> + implicitly create a matching group. The group will be + created with no password set.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>m</varname></term> + <listitem><para>Add a user to a group. If the user or group + do not exist yet, they will be implicitly + created.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>r</varname></term> + <listitem><para>Add a range of numeric UIDs/GIDs to the pool + to allocate new UIDs and GIDs from. If no line of this type + is specified, the range of UIDs/GIDs is set to some + compiled-in default. Note that both UIDs and GIDs are + allocated from the same pool, in order to ensure that users + and groups of the same name are likely to carry the same + numeric UID and GID.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + </refsect2> + + <refsect2> + <title>Name</title> + + <para>The name field specifies the user or group name. It should + be shorter than 31 characters and avoid any non-ASCII + characters, and not begin with a numeric character. It is + strongly recommended to pick user and group names that are + unlikely to clash with normal users created by the + administrator. A good scheme to guarantee this is by prefixing + all system and group names with the underscore, and avoiding too + generic names.</para> + + <para>For <varname>m</varname> lines, this field should contain + the user name to add to a group.</para> + + <para>For lines of type <varname>r</varname>, this field should + be set to <literal>-</literal>.</para> + </refsect2> + + <refsect2> + <title>ID</title> + + <para>For <varname>u</varname> and <varname>g</varname>, the + numeric 32-bit UID or GID of the user/group. Do not use IDs 65535 + or 4294967295, as they have special placeholder meanings. + Specify <literal>-</literal> for automatic UID/GID allocation + for the user or group. Alternatively, specify an absolute path + in the file system. In this case, the UID/GID is read from the + path's owner/group. This is useful to create users whose UID/GID + match the owners of pre-existing files (such as SUID or SGID + binaries).</para> + + <para>For <varname>m</varname> lines, this field should contain + the group name to add to a user to.</para> + + <para>For lines of type <varname>r</varname>, this field should + be set to a UID/GID range in the format + <literal>FROM-TO</literal>, where both values are formatted as + decimal ASCII numbers. Alternatively, a single UID/GID may be + specified formatted as decimal ASCII numbers.</para> + </refsect2> + + <refsect2> + <title>GECOS</title> + + <para>A short, descriptive string for users to be created, + enclosed in quotation marks. Note that this field may not + contain colons.</para> + + <para>Only applies to lines of type <varname>u</varname> and + should otherwise be left unset, or be set to + <literal>-</literal>.</para> + </refsect2> + + <refsect2> + <title>Home Directory</title> + + <para>The home directory for a new system user. If omitted, + defaults to the root directory. It is recommended to not + unnecessarily specify home directories for system users, unless + software strictly requires one to be set.</para> + + <para>Only applies to lines of type <varname>u</varname> and + should otherwise be left unset, or be set to + <literal>-</literal>.</para> + </refsect2> + + </refsect1> + + <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" /> + + <refsect1> + <title>Idempotence</title> + + <para>Note that <command>systemd-sysusers</command> will do + nothing if the specified users or groups already exist, so + normally, there is no reason to override + <filename>sysusers.d</filename> vendor configuration, except to + block certain users or groups from being created.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysusers</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |