Describe fossil.
[rsc] --rw-rw-r-- M 197601 glenda sys 1392 Nov 2 01:13 sys/man/6/users
/n/sourcesdump/2005/1102/plan9/sys/man/6/users:8,18 -
/n/sourcesdump/2005/1103/plan9/sys/man/6/users:8,16
by convention.
Each line in the file has the format
.IP
- .IB num : name : leader :\fImembers\fP
+ .IB id : name : leader :\fImembers\fP
.PP
where
- .I num
- is a decimal integer,
.I name
and
.I leader
/n/sourcesdump/2005/1102/plan9/sys/man/6/users:46,69 -
/n/sourcesdump/2005/1103/plan9/sys/man/6/users:44,75
are ignored.
.PP
The
- .I num
- in a line is a number used internally by a file server;
- there should be no duplicate
- .IR num s
+ .I id
+ in a line is an identifier used in the on-disk structures maintained
+ by a file server; there should be no duplicate
+ .IR id s
in the file.
- A negative
- .I num
+ In
+ .IR fossil (4),
+ .IR id s
+ are arbitrary text strings, typically the same as
+ .IR name .
+ In older Plan 9 file servers,
+ .IR id s
+ are small decimal numbers.
+ In those,
+ a negative
+ .I id
is special: a user with a negative
- .I num
+ .I id
cannot attach to the file server.
The file
.B /adm/users
itself is owned by user
- .IR adm ,
- having a negative
- .IR num ,
+ .I adm
and write protected to others,
so it can only be changed via console commands.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR intro (5),
- .IR stat (5)
+ .IR stat (5),
+ .IR fossilcons (8)
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