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@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ user per line; the fields are:
Where:
- +username+ is the desired user name (aka login name) for the user.
- It can not be +root+, and must be unique.
+ It can not be +root+, and must be unique. If set to +-+, then just a
+ group will be created.
- +uid+ is the desired UID for the user. It must be unique, and not
+0+. If set to +-1+, then a unique UID will be computed by Buildroot
in the range [1000...1999]
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