[deployment-guide] Adjusted the boundary between system and user accounts.
Jaromir Hradilek
jhradile at fedoraproject.org
Tue Sep 20 18:33:36 UTC 2011
commit 5e6e8a6b7ce1ae8d5eb87241b77914ead60b3d3f
Author: Jaromir Hradilek <jhradile at redhat.com>
Date: Tue Sep 20 20:11:39 2011 +0200
Adjusted the boundary between system and user accounts.
See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/1000SystemAccounts for
explanation.
en-US/Managing_Users_and_Groups.xml | 18 +++++++++---------
en-US/images/user-manager-add-group.png | Bin 8717 -> 8926 bytes
en-US/images/user-manager-add-user.png | Bin 28869 -> 28633 bytes
en-US/images/user-manager.png | Bin 108608 -> 27870 bytes
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Managing_Users_and_Groups.xml b/en-US/Managing_Users_and_Groups.xml
index 03602da..616c752 100644
--- a/en-US/Managing_Users_and_Groups.xml
+++ b/en-US/Managing_Users_and_Groups.xml
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
To find a specific user or group, type the first few letters of the name in the <guilabel>Search filter</guilabel> field and either press <keycap>Enter</keycap>, or click the <guibutton>Apply filter</guibutton> button. You can also sort the items according to any of the available columns by clicking the column header.
</para>
<para>
- &MAJOROS; reserves user and group IDs below 500 for system users and groups. By default, the <application>User Manager</application> does not display the system users. To view all users and groups, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog box, and clear the <guilabel>Hide system users and groups</guilabel> check box.
+ &MAJOROS; reserves user and group IDs below 1000 for system users and groups. By default, the <application>User Manager</application> does not display the system users. To view all users and groups, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog box, and clear the <guilabel>Hide system users and groups</guilabel> check box.
</para>
</section>
<section id="s2-redhat-config-users-user-new">
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
&MAJOROS; uses a user private group (UPG) scheme. Whenever you create a new user, a unique group with the same name as the user is created by default. If you do not want to create this group, clear the <guilabel>Create a private group for the user</guilabel> check box.
</para>
<para>
- To specify a user ID for the user, select <guilabel>Specify user ID manually</guilabel>. If the option is not selected, the next available user ID above 500 is assigned to the new user. Because &MAJOROS; reserves user IDs below 500 for system users, it is not advisable to manually assign user IDs 1–499.
+ To specify a user ID for the user, select <guilabel>Specify user ID manually</guilabel>. If the option is not selected, the next available user ID above 1000 is assigned to the new user. Because &MAJOROS; reserves user IDs below 1000 for system users, it is not advisable to manually assign user IDs 1–999.
</para>
<para>
Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button creates the new user. To configure more advanced user properties, such as password expiration, modify the user's properties after adding the user.
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
<secondary>adding groups</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>
- To add a new user group, select <guibutton>Add Group</guibutton> from the toolbar. A window similar to <xref linkend="group-new-fig" /> appears. Type the name of the new group. To specify a group ID for the new group, select <guilabel>Specify group ID manually</guilabel> and select the GID. Note that &MAJOROS; also reserves group IDs lower than 500 for system groups.
+ To add a new user group, select <guibutton>Add Group</guibutton> from the toolbar. A window similar to <xref linkend="group-new-fig" /> appears. Type the name of the new group. To specify a group ID for the new group, select <guilabel>Specify group ID manually</guilabel> and select the GID. Note that &MAJOROS; also reserves group IDs lower than 1000 for system groups.
</para>
<figure id="group-new-fig">
<title>New Group</title>
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
<option>-r</option>
</entry>
<entry>
- Create a system account with a UID less than 500 and without a home directory.
+ Create a system account with a UID less than 1000 and without a home directory.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@
<option>-u</option> <replaceable>uid</replaceable>
</entry>
<entry>
- User ID for the user, which must be unique and greater than 499.
+ User ID for the user, which must be unique and greater than 999.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
@@ -783,12 +783,12 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- A UID greater than 499 is created. Under &MAJOROS;, UIDs below 500 are reserved for system use and should not be assigned to users.
+ A UID greater than 999 is created. Under &MAJOROS;, UIDs below 1000 are reserved for system use and should not be assigned to users.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- A GID greater than 499 is created. Under &MAJOROS;, GIDs below 500 are reserved for system use and should not be assigned to users.
+ A GID greater than 999 is created. Under &MAJOROS;, GIDs below 1000 are reserved for system use and should not be assigned to users.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x. 4 juan juan 4096 Nov 23 15:09 .mozilla</screen>
<option>-g</option> <replaceable>gid</replaceable>
</entry>
<entry>
- Group ID for the group, which must be unique and greater than 499.
+ Group ID for the group, which must be unique and greater than 999.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x. 4 juan juan 4096 Nov 23 15:09 .mozilla</screen>
<option>-r</option>
</entry>
<entry>
- Create a system group with a GID less than 500.
+ Create a system group with a GID less than 1000.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
diff --git a/en-US/images/user-manager-add-group.png b/en-US/images/user-manager-add-group.png
index d59e89c..fe8e9ca 100644
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diff --git a/en-US/images/user-manager-add-user.png b/en-US/images/user-manager-add-user.png
index af1eb92..bd34a66 100644
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diff --git a/en-US/images/user-manager.png b/en-US/images/user-manager.png
index a50cad2..8616533 100644
Binary files a/en-US/images/user-manager.png and b/en-US/images/user-manager.png differ
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