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authorSergei Shilovsky <sshilovsky@gmail.com>2022-06-22 17:41:20 +0300
committerSergei Shilovsky <sshilovsky@gmail.com>2022-06-22 18:20:33 +0300
commit97d7011b4ead35de7fa651c22a7c5e110fcc913e (patch)
treee7f8d3273ea9992f3ef3076d805b160cd796aca9
parent28b024bfbcf01be4bbc2dfbebeff251c33015955 (diff)
downloadbindfs-97d7011b4ead35de7fa651c22a7c5e110fcc913e.tar.gz
clarify man for --map-{passwd,group}{,-rev}
-rw-r--r--src/bindfs.116
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/bindfs.1 b/src/bindfs.1
index 1663cd1..7cb13d0 100644
--- a/src/bindfs.1
+++ b/src/bindfs.1
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ Requires mounting as root.
.PD 0
.TP
.B \-\-map-group=\fI<groupfile>\fP, \-o map-group=\fI<groupfile>\fP
-Like \fB--map=...\fP, but reads the UID/GID mapping from passwd and group
-files (like \fI/etc/passwd\fP and \fI/etc/group\fP). Maps UID/GID provided in
-the \fI<passwdfile>\fP or \fI<groupfile>\fP to its corresponding user/group
-name. Helpful to restore system backups where UIDs/GIDs differ.
+Like \fB--map=...\fP, but reads the UID (GID) mapping from passwd (group) file
+(like \fI/etc/passwd\fP and \fI/etc/group\fP). Maps UID (GID) provided in the
+\fI<passwdfile>\fP (\fI<groupfile>\fP) to its corresponding user (group) name.
+Helpful to restore system backups where UIDs and GIDs differ.
Example usage:
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ Requires mounting as root.
.TP
.B \-\-map-group-rev=\fI<groupfile>\fP, \-o map-group-rev=\fI<groupfile>\fP
Reversed variant of \fB--map-passwd\fP and \fB--map-group\fP. Like
-\fB--map=...\fP, but reads the UID/GID mapping from passwd and group files
-(like \fI/etc/passwd\fP and \fI/etc/group\fP). Maps user/group name provided in
-the \fI<passwdfile>\fP or \fI<groupfile>\fP to its corresponding UID/GID.
-Helpful to create compatible chroot environments where UIDs/GIDs differ.
+\fB--map=...\fP, but reads the UID (GID) mapping from passwd (group) files
+(like \fI/etc/passwd\fP and \fI/etc/group\fP). Maps user (group) name provided
+in the \fI<passwdfile>\fP (\fI<groupfile>\fP) to its corresponding UID (GID).
+Helpful to create compatible chroot environments where UIDs and GIDs differ.
Example usage: