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diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-users-tables.txt b/docs/manual/customize-users-tables.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e2d32e23f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/customize-users-tables.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- +// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: + +[[customize-users]] +=== Adding custom user accounts + +Sometimes it is needed to add specific users in the target system. +To cover this requirement, Buildroot provides support for so-called +_users tables_. To use this feature, set config option ++BR2_ROOTFS_USERS_TABLES+ to a space-separated list of users tables, +regular text files following the xref:makeuser-syntax[makeusers syntax]. + +As shown in xref:customize-dir-structure[], the recommended location for +such files is +board/<company>/<boardname>/+. + +It should be noted that if the custom users are related to a specific +application, you should set variable +FOO_USERS+ in the package's +.mk+ +file instead (see xref:generic-package-reference[]). |
