[PATCH] doc/user_manual: Fix content

[Clara Kowalsky]

The usermod command checks whether the user is currently running a
process before attempting to change the user's home directory.
This check will always fail for the root user (Error: usermod: user root
is currently used by process <x>). It is therefore not possible to
change the root user's home directory in this way.

Signed-off-by: Clara Kowalsky <clara.k...@siemens.com>
---
doc/user_manual.md | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
index d8e5c33e..845823bb 100644
--- a/doc/user_manual.md
+++ b/doc/user_manual.md
@@ -737,7 +737,6 @@ USER_root[inactive] = "30"
USER_root[uid] = "0"
USER_root[gid] = "0"
USER_root[comment] = "The ultimate root user"
-USER_root[home] = "/home/root"
USER_root[shell] = "/bin/sh"
USER_root[groups] = "audio video"
USER_root[flags] = "create-home system force-passwd-change"
--
2.49.0

[Clara Kowalsky]

On 11.04.25 11:09, Clara Kowalsky wrote:
> The usermod command checks whether the user is currently running a
> process before attempting to change the user's home directory.
> This check will always fail for the root user (Error: usermod: user root
> is currently used by process <x>). It is therefore not possible to
> change the root user's home directory in this way.

Hi!

could you please integrate this patch? I need this for our isar training
participants.

Best regards,
Clara

[Baurzhan Ismagulov]

On 2025-04-11 11:09, 'Clara Kowalsky' via isar-users wrote:
> The usermod command checks whether the user is currently running a
> process before attempting to change the user's home directory.
> This check will always fail for the root user (Error: usermod: user root
> is currently used by process <x>). It is therefore not possible to
> change the root user's home directory in this way.
>
> Signed-off-by: Clara Kowalsky <clara.k...@siemens.com>

Applied to next, thanks.

With kind regards,
Baurzhan