Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:54:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Jason Helfman <jgh@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46514 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special Message-ID: <201504101554.t3AFsaia070077@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: jgh Date: Fri Apr 10 15:54:36 2015 New Revision: 46514 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46514 Log: - uid/gid identification numbers should be the same Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2264 Reviewed by: feld, mat, marino Approved by: wblock (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml Fri Apr 10 03:49:43 2015 (r46513) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml Fri Apr 10 15:54:36 2015 (r46514) @@ -4624,12 +4624,12 @@ run_rc_command "$1"</programlisting> <sect1 xml:id="users-and-groups"> <title>Adding Users and Groups</title> - <para>Some ports require a certain user to be on the installed - system. Choose a free UID from 50 to 999 and register it - either in <filename>ports/UIDs</filename> (for users) or in - <filename>ports/GIDs</filename> (for groups). Make sure - not to use a UID already used by the system or other - ports.</para> + <para>Some ports require a particular user account to be present, usually + for daemons that run as that user. For these ports, choose a + <emphasis>unique</emphasis> UID from 50 to 999 and register it in + <filename>ports/UIDs</filename> (for users) and + <filename>ports/GIDs</filename> (for groups). The unique identification + should be the same for users and groups.</para> <para>Please include a patch against these two files when requiring a new user or group to be created for the
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