From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@xxxxxxx> --- man7/user_namespaces.7 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/user_namespaces.7 b/man7/user_namespaces.7 index 4baf7aa..0e24d9a 100644 --- a/man7/user_namespaces.7 +++ b/man7/user_namespaces.7 @@ -439,12 +439,12 @@ maps to a range starting at 0 in the (nonexistent) parent namespace, and the length of the range is the largest 32-bit unsigned integer. (This deliberately leaves 4294967295 (the 32-bit signed \-1 value) unmapped. This is deliberate: -.IR "(uid_t)\ -\1" +.IR "(uid_t) -1" is used in several interfaces (e.g., .BR setreuid (2)) as a way to specify "no user ID". Leaving -.IR "(uid_t)\ -\1" +.IR "(uid_t) -1" unmapped and unusable guarantees that there will be no confusion when using these interfaces. .\" -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
