partimagedusers(5)

💖 partimagedusers(5) — the File Formats Manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, so this is partimagedusers from section 5 of the File Formats Manual, and it's genuinely so simple you're gonna slay it. it's literally just a lil list. a guest list. for a very exclusive party. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

partimagedusers — list of allowed users. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the partimagedusers file is the whole vibe check for who gets to talk to partimaged. it lists all local users that are allowed to connect to partimaged, one by one, and honestly it's giving bouncer at the club. no name on the list, no entry, periodt. 👑

but here's the part you CANNOT skip, bestie, because this is where people mess up:

• this file must belong to user "partimag" 🫶
• and it must have permissions -rw------- or -r------- 🔒

that's it. that's the whole security model. if you get the ownership or the permissions wrong, it's over for you fr fr. the file is locked DOWN.

now, the configuration file itself is just a set of lines. and the rules for reading it are super chill:

• all empty lines will be ignored — blank space? not the moment. 🙈
• comments begin with a #, and everything on the line afterwards is ignored — so you can yap in the margins, nobody's reading it.
• put all allowed users on the remaining lines, one login per line. one name per line, that's the format, don't be out here doing two names on one line, that's not the assignment. 😭

⭐ EXAMPLE ⭐

here's what it actually looks like, no cap:

#
# Sample users list for partimaged
# We only allow user2 and user6 to connect partimaged
# from partimage
user2
user6
# end of list

see? user2 and user6 are the only ones on the list, so they're the only ones connecting. iconic behavior. 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these next, they're all connected, iykyk:

• partimage(1)
• partimaged(8)
• partimaged-passwd(5)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this masterpiece was written by Franck Ladurelle <ladurelf@partimage.org>. give them their flowers. 💐

and that's the page, bestie!! this version came from the 4.2 Berkeley Distribution, dated 23 June 2001, and it's filed under partimagedusers(5). old but gold, we love a legacy file format that still eats. 🌈✨ stay safe, guard your permissions, and don't let random users into the group chat. mwah 💖