From b938cb902c3b5bca807a94b277672c64d6767886 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 07:11:12 +0200 Subject: doc: correct punctuation and improve typography in documentation --- man/sysusers.d.xml | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'man/sysusers.d.xml') diff --git a/man/sysusers.d.xml b/man/sysusers.d.xml index 11cb83388f..ca29486cc0 100644 --- a/man/sysusers.d.xml +++ b/man/sysusers.d.xml @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ u root 0 "Superuser" /root r 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 + 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 @@ -143,32 +143,32 @@ u root 0 "Superuser" /root all system and group names with the underscore, and avoiding too generic names. - For m lines this field should contain + For m lines, this field should contain the user name to add to a group. - For lines of type r this field should + For lines of type r, this field should be set to -. ID - For u and g the - numeric 32bit UID or GID of the user/group. Do not use IDs 65535 + For u and g, 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 - 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 + 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). - For m lines this field should contain + For m lines, this field should contain the group name to add to a user to. - For lines of type r this field should + For lines of type r, this field should be set to a UID/GID range in the format - FROM-TO where both values are formatted as + FROM-TO, where both values are formatted as decimal ASCII numbers. Alternatively, a single UID/GID may be specified formatted as decimal ASCII numbers. @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ u root 0 "Superuser" /root Home Directory - The home directory for a new system user. If omitted + 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. @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ u root 0 "Superuser" /root Note that systemd-sysusers will do nothing if the specified users or groups already exist, so - normally there no reason to override + normally, there no reason to override sysusers.d vendor configuration, except to block certain users or groups from being created. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf