Users may now consist of a uid.

diff --git a/sudoers.pod b/sudoers.pod
index 0db65e7cd8ad56a3fe3d25ad764def77d369466c..7af93f3fafb259c76788cd409f353f08d72e6737 100644 (file)
--- a/sudoers.pod
+++ b/sudoers.pod
@@ -114,15 +114,16 @@ The definitions of what constitutes a valid I<alias> member follow.
               User ',' User_List
 
  User ::= '!'* username |
+         '!'* '#'uid |
          '!'* '%'group |
          '!'* '+'netgroup |
          '!'* User_Alias
 
-A C<User_List> is made up of one or more usernames, system groups
-(prefixed with '%'), netgroups (prefixed with '+') and other aliases.
-Each list item may be prefixed with one or more '!' operators.
-An odd number of '!' operators negate the value of the item; an even
-number just cancel each other out.
+A C<User_List> is made up of one or more usernames, uids (prefixed
+with '#'), system groups (prefixed with '%'), netgroups (prefixed
+with '+') and C<User_Alias>es.  Each list item may be prefixed with
+zero or more '!' operators.  An odd number of '!' operators negate
+the value of the item; an even number just cancel each other out.
 
  Runas_List ::= Runas_User |
                Runas_User ',' Runas_List
@@ -133,13 +134,12 @@ number just cancel each other out.
                '!'* +netgroup |
                '!'* Runas_Alias
 
-A C<Runas_List> is similar to a C<User_List> except that it can
-also contain uids (prefixed with '#') and instead of C<User_Alias>es
-it can contain C<Runas_Alias>es.  Note that usernames and groups
-are matched as strings.  In other words, two users (groups) with
-the same uid (gid) are considered to be distinct.  If you wish to
-match all usernames with the same uid (e.g.E<nbsp>root and toor), you
-can use a uid instead (#0 in the example given).
+A C<Runas_List> is similar to a C<User_List> except that instead
+of C<User_Alias>es it can contain C<Runas_Alias>es.  Note that
+usernames and groups are matched as strings.  In other words, two
+users (groups) with the same uid (gid) are considered to be distinct.
+If you wish to match all usernames with the same uid (e.g.E<nbsp>root
+and toor), you can use a uid instead (#0 in the example given).
 
  Host_List ::= Host |
               Host ',' Host_List