SUBGID(5)               File Formats and Conversions               SUBGID(5)

NAME         top

       subgid - the subordinate gid file

DESCRIPTION         top

       Each line in /etc/subgid contains a user name and a range of
       subordinate group ids that user is allowed to use. This is specified
       with three fields delimited by colons (“:”). These fields are:

       ·   login name or UID

       ·   numerical subordinate group ID

       ·   numerical subordinate group ID count

       This file specifies the group IDs that ordinary users can use, with
       the newgidmap command, to configure gid mapping in a user namespace.

       Multiple ranges may be specified per user.

       When large number of entries (10000-100000 or more) are defined in
       /etc/subgid, parsing performance penalty will become noticeable. In
       this case it is recommended to use UIDs instead of login names.
       Benchmarks have shown speed-ups up to 20x.

FILES         top

       /etc/subgid
           Per user subordinate group IDs.

       /etc/subgid-
           Backup file for /etc/subgid.

SEE ALSO         top

       login.defs(5), newgidmap(1), newuidmap(1), newusers(8), subuid(5),
       useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8), user_namespaces(7).

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shadow-utils 4.4                 02/02/2018                        SUBGID(5)

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