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Minor reworing of reason for GID 999

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Bruce Dubbs 2022-01-04 11:43:19 -06:00
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@ -200,20 +200,20 @@ useradd -D --gid 999</userinput></screen>
<listitem>
<para>This parameter sets the beginning of the group numbers used in
the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file. The particular value 999
comes from the <parameter>--gid</parameter> parameter above.
You can modify it to anything you desire. Note that
<command>useradd</command> will never reuse a UID or GID. If the
number identified in this parameter is used, it will use the next
available number after this. Note also that if you don't have a
group with an ID equal to this number on your system the first
time you use <command>useradd</command>
without the <parameter>-g</parameter> parameter, you'll get a message
displayed on the terminal that says:
<computeroutput>useradd: unknown GID 999</computeroutput>, although
the account is correctly created. That is
why we have earlier created the group
<systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem>
with this group ID.</para>
comes from the <parameter>--gid</parameter> parameter above. You can
modify it to anything you desire.
Note that <command>useradd</command> will never reuse a UID or GID.
If the number identified in this parameter is used, it will use the
next available number. Note also that if you don't have a group with
an ID equal to this number on your system the first time you use
<command>useradd</command> without the <parameter>-g</parameter>
parameter, you will get a message displayed on the terminal that
says: <computeroutput>useradd: unknown GID 999</computeroutput>,
although the account is correctly created. That is why we have
created the group <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem>
with this group ID in <xref linkend='ch-tools-createfiles'/>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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