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This extends the "uid:gid" syntax for "u" lines so that a group name can be given instead of a GID. This requires that the group is either queued for creation by sysusers, or it is already defined on the system. Closes #14340
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
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<refentry id="sysusers.d" conditional='ENABLE_SYSUSERS'
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>sysusers.d</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>sysusers.d</refname>
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<refpurpose>Declarative allocation of system users and groups</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<para><filename>/etc/sysusers.d/*.conf</filename></para>
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<para><filename>/run/sysusers.d/*.conf</filename></para>
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<para><filename>/usr/lib/sysusers.d/*.conf</filename></para>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><command>systemd-sysusers</command> uses the files from
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<filename>sysusers.d</filename> directory to create system users and groups and
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to add users to groups, at package installation or boot time. This tool may be
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used to allocate system users and groups only, it is not useful for creating
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non-system (i.e. regular, "human") users and groups, as it accesses
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<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> directly,
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bypassing any more complex user databases, for example any database involving NIS
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or LDAP.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Configuration Directories and Precedence</title>
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<para>Each configuration file shall be named in the style of
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<filename><replaceable>package</replaceable>.conf</filename> or
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<filename><replaceable>package</replaceable>-<replaceable>part</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
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The second variant should be used when it is desirable to make it
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easy to override just this part of configuration.</para>
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<para>Files in <filename>/etc/sysusers.d</filename> override files
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with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/sysusers.d</filename> and
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<filename>/run/sysusers.d</filename>. Files in
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<filename>/run/sysusers.d</filename> override files with the same
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name in <filename>/usr/lib/sysusers.d</filename>. Packages should
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install their configuration files in
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<filename>/usr/lib/sysusers.d</filename>. Files in
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<filename>/etc/sysusers.d</filename> are reserved for the local
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administrator, who may use this logic to override the
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configuration files installed by vendor packages. All
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configuration files are sorted by their filename in lexicographic
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order, regardless of which of the directories they reside in. If
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multiple files specify the same path, the entry in the file with
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the lexicographically earliest name will be applied. All later
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entries for the same user and group names will be logged as warnings.
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</para>
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<para>If the administrator wants to disable a configuration file
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supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink
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to <filename>/dev/null</filename> in
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<filename>/etc/sysusers.d/</filename> bearing the same filename.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Configuration File Format</title>
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<para>The file format is one line per user or group containing name, ID, GECOS
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field description, home directory, and login shell:</para>
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<programlisting>#Type Name ID GECOS Home directory Shell
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u httpd 404 "HTTP User"
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u authd /usr/bin/authd "Authorization user"
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u postgres - "Postgresql Database" /var/lib/pgsql /usr/libexec/postgresdb
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g input - -
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m authd input
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u root 0 "Superuser" /root /bin/zsh</programlisting>
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<para>Empty lines and lines beginning with the <literal>#</literal> character are ignored, and may be used for
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commenting.</para>
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<refsect2>
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<title>Type</title>
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<para>The type consists of a single letter. The following line
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types are understood:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>u</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Create a system user and group of the specified name should
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they not exist yet. The user's primary group will be set to the group
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bearing the same name unless the ID field specifies it. The account will be
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created disabled, so that logins are not allowed.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>g</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Create a system group of the specified name
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should it not exist yet. Note that <varname>u</varname>
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implicitly create a matching group. The group will be
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created with no password set.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>m</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Add a user to a group. If the user or group
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do not exist yet, they will be implicitly
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created.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>r</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Add a range of numeric UIDs/GIDs to the pool
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to allocate new UIDs and GIDs from. If no line of this type
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is specified, the range of UIDs/GIDs is set to some
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compiled-in default. Note that both UIDs and GIDs are
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allocated from the same pool, in order to ensure that users
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and groups of the same name are likely to carry the same
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numeric UID and GID.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title>Name</title>
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<para>The name field specifies the user or group name. The specified name must consist only of the characters a-z,
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A-Z, 0-9, <literal>_</literal> and <literal>-</literal>, except for the first character which must be one of a-z,
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A-Z or <literal>_</literal> (i.e. numbers and <literal>-</literal> are not permitted as first character). The
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user/group name must have at least one character, and at most 31.</para>
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<para>It is strongly recommended to pick user and group names that are unlikely to clash with normal users
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created by the administrator. A good scheme to guarantee this is by prefixing all system and group names with the
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underscore, and avoiding too generic names.</para>
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<para>For <varname>m</varname> lines, this field should contain
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the user name to add to a group.</para>
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<para>For lines of type <varname>r</varname>, this field should
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be set to <literal>-</literal>.</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title>ID</title>
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<para>For <varname>u</varname> and <varname>g</varname>, the
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numeric 32-bit UID or GID of the user/group. Do not use IDs 65535
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or 4294967295, as they have special placeholder meanings.
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Specify <literal>-</literal> for automatic UID/GID allocation
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for the user or group (this is strongly recommended unless it is strictly
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necessary to use a specific UID or GID). Alternatively, specify an absolute path
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in the file system. In this case, the UID/GID is read from the
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path's owner/group. This is useful to create users whose UID/GID
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match the owners of pre-existing files (such as SUID or SGID
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binaries).
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The syntaxes <literal><replaceable>uid</replaceable>:<replaceable>gid</replaceable></literal> and
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<literal><replaceable>uid</replaceable>:<replaceable>groupname</replaceable></literal> are supported to
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allow creating users with specific primary groups. The given group must be created explicitly, or it
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must already exist. Specifying <literal>-</literal> for the UID in these syntaxes is also supported.
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</para>
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<para>For <varname>m</varname> lines, this field should contain
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the group name to add to a user to.</para>
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<para>For lines of type <varname>r</varname>, this field should
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be set to a UID/GID range in the format
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<literal>FROM-TO</literal>, where both values are formatted as
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decimal ASCII numbers. Alternatively, a single UID/GID may be
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specified formatted as decimal ASCII numbers.</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title>GECOS</title>
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<para>A short, descriptive string for users to be created, enclosed in
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quotation marks. Note that this field may not contain colons.</para>
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<para>Only applies to lines of type <varname>u</varname> and should otherwise
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be left unset (or <literal>-</literal>).</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title>Home Directory</title>
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<para>The home directory for a new system user. If omitted, defaults to the
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root directory.</para>
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<para>Only applies to lines of type <varname>u</varname> and should otherwise
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be left unset (or <literal>-</literal>). It is recommended to omit this, unless
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software strictly requires a home directory to be set.</para>
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</refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title>Shell</title>
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<para>The login shell of the user. If not specified, this will be set to
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<filename>/usr/sbin/nologin</filename>, except if the UID of the user is 0, in
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which case <filename>/bin/sh</filename> will be used.</para>
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<para>Only applies to lines of type <varname>u</varname> and should otherwise
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be left unset (or <literal>-</literal>). It is recommended to omit this, unless
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a shell different <filename>/usr/sbin/nologin</filename> must be used.</para>
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</refsect2>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Specifiers</title>
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<para>Specifiers can be used in the "Name", "ID", "GECOS", "Home directory", and "Shell" fields.
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An unknown or unresolvable specifier is treated as invalid configuration.
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The following expansions are understood:</para>
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<table>
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<title>Specifiers available</title>
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<tgroup cols='3' align='left' colsep='1' rowsep='1'>
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<colspec colname="spec" />
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<colspec colname="mean" />
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<colspec colname="detail" />
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>Specifier</entry>
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<entry>Meaning</entry>
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<entry>Details</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>%b</literal></entry>
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<entry>Boot ID</entry>
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<entry>The boot ID of the running system, formatted as string. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>%H</literal></entry>
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<entry>Host name</entry>
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<entry>The hostname of the running system.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>%m</literal></entry>
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<entry>Machine ID</entry>
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<entry>The machine ID of the running system, formatted as string. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>%T</literal></entry>
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<entry>Directory for temporary files</entry>
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<entry>This is either <filename>/tmp</filename> or the path <literal>$TMPDIR</literal>, <literal>$TEMP</literal> or <literal>$TMP</literal> are set to.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>%v</literal></entry>
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<entry>Kernel release</entry>
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<entry>Identical to <command>uname -r</command> output.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>%V</literal></entry>
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<entry>Directory for larger and persistent temporary files</entry>
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<entry>This is either <filename>/var/tmp</filename> or the path <literal>$TMPDIR</literal>, <literal>$TEMP</literal> or <literal>$TMP</literal> are set to.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>%%</literal></entry>
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<entry>Escaped <literal>%</literal></entry>
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<entry>Single percent sign.</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</table>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Idempotence</title>
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<para>Note that <command>systemd-sysusers</command> will do nothing if the
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specified users or groups already exist or the users are members of specified
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groups, so normally there is no reason to override
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<filename>sysusers.d</filename> vendor configuration, except to block certain
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users or groups from being created.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysusers</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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