diff --git a/chapter08/shadow.xml b/chapter08/shadow.xml index 2cc670ea1..ffc2a7ce9 100644 --- a/chapter08/shadow.xml +++ b/chapter08/shadow.xml @@ -200,20 +200,20 @@ useradd -D --gid 999 This parameter sets the beginning of the group numbers used in the /etc/group file. The particular value 999 - comes from the --gid parameter above. - You can modify it to anything you desire. Note that - useradd 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 useradd - without the -g parameter, you'll get a message - displayed on the terminal that says: - useradd: unknown GID 999, although - the account is correctly created. That is - why we have earlier created the group - users - with this group ID. + comes from the --gid parameter above. You can + modify it to anything you desire. + + Note that useradd 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 + useradd without the -g + parameter, you will get a message displayed on the terminal that + says: useradd: unknown GID 999, + although the account is correctly created. That is why we have + created the group users + with this group ID in . +