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authorRodrigo Lourenço <rzl@rzl.ooo>2020-12-04 18:22:07 +0000
committerRodrigo Lourenço <rzl@rzl.ooo>2020-12-04 18:27:00 +0000
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Clarify uid range requirements
Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Lourenço <rzl@rzl.ooo>
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@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@ This means johndoe is allocated UIDS 100000-165535 as well as his standard UID i
/etc/passwd file.
You should ensure that each user has a unique range of uids, because overlapping UIDs,
-would potentially allow one user to attack another user.
+would potentially allow one user to attack another user. In addition, make sure
+that the range of uids you allocate can cover all uids that the container
+requires. For example, if the container has a user with uid 10000, ensure you
+have at least 10001 subuids.
You could also use the usermod program to assign UIDs to a user.