user_namespaces.7: Add a definition of "global root"

Reported-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2021-08-19 00:21:32 +02:00
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@ -1045,6 +1045,12 @@ to gain more privilege than the root user of a user namespace has.
.\"
.\" ============================================================
.\"
.SS Global root
The term "global root" is sometimes used as a shorthand for
user ID 0 in the initial user namespace.
.\"
.\" ============================================================
.\"
.SS Availability
Use of user namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the
.B CONFIG_USER_NS