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diff --git a/man/man5/subuid.5 b/man/man5/subuid.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1ff13803 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man5/subuid.5 @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: subuid +.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 05/09/2014 +.\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.2.1 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "SUBUID" "5" "05/09/2014" "shadow\-utils 4\&.2\&.1" "File Formats and Conversions" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +subuid \- the subordinate uid file +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +Each line in +/etc/subuid +contains a user name and a range of subordinate user ids that user is allowed to use\&. This is specified with three fields delimited by colons (\(lq:\(rq)\&. These fields are: +.sp +.RS 4 +.ie n \{\ +\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c +.\} +.el \{\ +.sp -1 +.IP \(bu 2.3 +.\} +login name +.RE +.sp +.RS 4 +.ie n \{\ +\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c +.\} +.el \{\ +.sp -1 +.IP \(bu 2.3 +.\} +numerical subordinate user ID +.RE +.sp +.RS 4 +.ie n \{\ +\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c +.\} +.el \{\ +.sp -1 +.IP \(bu 2.3 +.\} +numerical subordinate user ID count +.RE +.PP +This file specifies the user IDs that ordinary users can use, with the +\fBnewuidmap\fR +command, to configure uid mapping in a user namespace\&. +.PP +Multiple ranges may be specified per user\&. +.SH "FILES" +.PP +/etc/subuid +.RS 4 +Per user subordinate user IDs\&. +.RE +.PP +/etc/subuid\- +.RS 4 +Backup file for /etc/subuid\&. +.RE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBlogin.defs\fR(5), +\fBnewgidmap\fR(1), +\fBnewuidmap\fR(1), +\fBnewusers\fR(1), +\fBsubgid\fR(5), +\fBuseradd\fR(8), +\fBuserdel\fR(8), +\fBusermod\fR(8), +\fBuser_namespaces\fR(7)\&. |