NAME

       subuid - the subordinate uid file

DESCRIPTION

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

       •   login name

       •   numerical subordinate user ID

       •   numerical subordinate user ID count

       This file specifies the user IDs to be that each user may use with the newuidmap command that ordinary
       users can use to configure uid mapping in a user namespace.

       Multiple ranges may be specified per user ID.

FILES

       /etc/subuid
           Per user subordinate user IDs.

       /etc/subuid-
           Backup file for /etc/subuid.

SEE ALSO

       subgid(5), login.defs(5), newuidmap(1), newgidmap(1), usermod(8),

shadow-utils 4.1.5.1                               05/16/2017                                          SUBUID(5)