From 9d56346fd8cb104c08184a4019bcd9966850c120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Isaac Freund Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 23:33:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Manual.md: system groups should also use _ prefix --- Manual.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md index 5b1266ba715..e1a99ecbcc0 100644 --- a/Manual.md +++ b/Manual.md @@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ The following variables can be used for this purpose: - `system_groups` This specifies the names of the new *system groups* to be created, separated by blanks. Optionally the **gid** can be specified by delimiting it with a -colon, i.e `system_groups="mygroup:78"` or `system_groups="foo blah:8000"`. +colon, i.e `system_groups="_mygroup:78"` or `system_groups="_foo _blah:8000"`. - `system_accounts` This specifies the names of the new **system users/groups** to be created, separated by blanks, i.e `system_accounts="_foo _blah:22"`. Optionally the **uid** and **gid** @@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ The **system user** is created by using a dynamically allocated **uid/gid** in y and it's created as a `system account`, unless the **uid** is set. A new group will be created for the specified `system account` and used exclusively for this purpose. -System accounts must be prefixed with an underscore to prevent clashing with names of user +System accounts and groups must be prefixed with an underscore to prevent clashing with names of user accounts. > NOTE: The underscore policy does not apply to old packages, due to the inevitable breakage of