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config/users-and-groups: fix formatting of groups table
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Multiple descriptions were spilling into separate rows, creating a rather
difficult to read table.

The row padding has been set by vmdfmt.
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Expand Up @@ -47,38 +47,34 @@ and add users to the `wheel` group.

Void Linux defines a number of groups by default.

| Group | Description |
|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| `root` | Complete access to the system. |
| `bin` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
| `sys` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
| `kmem` | Ability to read from `/dev/mem` and `/dev/port`. |
| `wheel` | Elevated privileges for specific system administration tasks. |
| `tty` | Access to TTY-like devices: |
| | `/dev/tty*`, `/dev/pts*`, `/dev/vcs*`. |
| `tape` | Access to tape devices. |
| `daemon` | System daemons that need to write to files on disk. |
| `floppy` | Access to floppy drives. |
| `disk` | Raw access to `/dev/sd*` and `/dev/loop*`. |
| `lp` | Access to printers. |
| `dialout` | Access to serial ports. |
| `audio` | Access to audio devices. |
| `video` | Access to video devices. |
| `utmp` | Ability to write to `/var/run/utmp`, `/var/log/wtmp` |
| | and `/var/log/btmp`. |
| `adm` | Unused - present for historical reasons. This group was |
| | traditionally used for system monitoring, such as viewing |
| | files in `/var/log`. |
| `cdrom` | Access to CD devices. |
| `optical` | Access to DVD/CD-RW devices. |
| `mail` | Used by some mail packages, e.g. `dma`. |
| `storage` | Access to removable storage devices. |
| `scanner` | Ability to access scanners. |
| `network` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
| `kvm` | Ability to use KVM for virtual machines, e.g. via QEMU. |
| `input` | Access to input devices: `/dev/mouse*`, `/dev/event*`. |
| `plugdev` | Access to pluggable devices. |
| `nogroup` | System daemons that don't need to own any files. |
| `usbmon` | Access to `/dev/usbmon*`. |
| `users` | Ordinary users. |
| `xbuilder` | To use xbps-uchroot(1) with `xbps-src`. |
| Group | Description |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `root` | Complete access to the system. |
| `bin` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
| `sys` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
| `kmem` | Ability to read from `/dev/mem` and `/dev/port`. |
| `wheel` | Elevated privileges for specific system administration tasks. |
| `tty` | Access to TTY-like devices: `/dev/tty*`, `/dev/pts*`, `/dev/vcs*`. |
| `tape` | Access to tape devices. |
| `daemon` | System daemons that need to write to files on disk. |
| `floppy` | Access to floppy drives. |
| `disk` | Raw access to `/dev/sd*` and `/dev/loop*`. |
| `lp` | Access to printers. |
| `dialout` | Access to serial ports. |
| `audio` | Access to audio devices. |
| `video` | Access to video devices. |
| `utmp` | Ability to write to `/var/run/utmp`, `/var/log/wtmp` and `/var/log/btmp`. |
| `adm` | Unused - present for historical reasons. This group was traditionally used for system monitoring, such as viewing files in `/var/log`. |
| `cdrom` | Access to CD devices. |
| `optical` | Access to DVD/CD-RW devices. |
| `mail` | Used by some mail packages, e.g. `dma`. |
| `storage` | Access to removable storage devices. |
| `scanner` | Ability to access scanners. |
| `network` | Unused - present for historical reasons. |
| `kvm` | Ability to use KVM for virtual machines, e.g. via QEMU. |
| `input` | Access to input devices: `/dev/mouse*`, `/dev/event*`. |
| `plugdev` | Access to pluggable devices. |
| `nogroup` | System daemons that don't need to own any files. |
| `usbmon` | Access to `/dev/usbmon*`. |
| `users` | Ordinary users. |
| `xbuilder` | To use xbps-uchroot(1) with `xbps-src`. |

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