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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 616970b505..616c2ef305 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4557,9 +4557,11 @@ Run @var{command} within an isolated container. The current working directory outside the container is mapped inside the container. Additionally, unless overridden with @code{--user}, a dummy home directory is created that matches the current user's home directory, and -@file{/etc/passwd} is configured accordingly. The spawned process runs -as the current user outside the container, but has root privileges in -the context of the container. +@file{/etc/passwd} is configured accordingly. + +The spawned process runs as the current user outside the container. Inside +the container, it has the same UID and GID as the current user, unless +@option{--user} is passed (see below.) @item --network @itemx -N @@ -4587,8 +4589,9 @@ the environment. @itemx -u @var{user} For containers, use the username @var{user} in place of the current user. The generated @file{/etc/passwd} entry within the container will -contain the name @var{user}; the home directory will be -@file{/home/USER}; and no user GECOS data will be copied. @var{user} +contain the name @var{user}, the home directory will be +@file{/home/@var{user}}, and no user GECOS data will be copied. Furthermore, +the UID and GID inside the container are 1000. @var{user} need not exist on the system. Additionally, any shared or exposed path (see @code{--share} and |