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authorDaniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>2021-12-16 09:24:24 -0500
committerDaniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>2021-12-23 07:51:27 -0500
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Allow users to add host user accounts to /etc/passwd
Some containers require certain user account(s) to exist within the container when they are run. This option will allow callers to add a bunch of passwd entries from the host to the container even if the entries are not in the local /etc/passwd file on the host. Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1935831 Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md5
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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
index eeed49185..99e31bb84 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ Container host name
Sets the container host name that is available inside the container. Can only be used with a private UTS namespace `--uts=private` (default). If `--pod` is specified and the pod shares the UTS namespace (default) the pod's hostname will be used.
+#### **--hostuser**=*name*
+
+Add a user account to /etc/passwd from the host to the container. The Username
+or UID must exist on the host system.
+
#### **--help**
Print usage statement
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
index 48f7295fd..81c0e3fd4 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
@@ -446,6 +446,11 @@ The initialization time needed for a container to bootstrap. The value can be ex
The maximum time allowed to complete the healthcheck before an interval is considered failed. Like start-period, the
value can be expressed in a time format such as **1m22s**. The default value is **30s**.
+#### **--hostuser**=*name*
+
+Add a user account to /etc/passwd from the host to the container. The Username
+or UID must exist on the host system.
+
#### **--help**
Print usage statement