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Note that the root user is not exempted from the requirement for a valid <filename>/etc/subgid</filename> entry. </para> <para> After the pid argument, <command>newgidmap</command> expects sets of 3 integers: <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>gid</term> <listitem> <para> Beginning of the range of GIDs inside the user namespace. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>lowergid</term> <listitem> <para> Beginning of the range of GIDs outside the user namespace. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>count</term> <listitem> <para> Length of the ranges (both inside and outside the user namespace). </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> <para> <command>newgidmap</command> verifies that the caller is the owner of the process indicated by <option>pid</option> and that for each of the above sets, each of the GIDs in the range [lowergid, lowergid+count] is allowed to the caller according to <filename>/etc/subgid</filename> before setting <filename>/proc/[pid]/gid_map</filename>. </para> <para> Note that newgidmap may be used only once for a given process. </para> </refsect1> <refsect1 id='options'> <title>OPTIONS</title> <para> There currently are no options to the <command>newgidmap</command> command. </para> <variablelist remap='IP'> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1 id='files'> <title>FILES</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><filename>/etc/subgid</filename></term> <listitem> <para>List of user's subordinate group IDs.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><filename>/proc/[pid]/gid_map</filename></term> <listitem> <para>Mapping of gids from one between user namespaces.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1 id='see_also'> <title>SEE ALSO</title> <para> <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>login.defs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>newusers</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>subgid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>useradd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>userdel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>usermod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry>. </para> </refsect1> </refentry>