man: note that sd-tmpfiles/sysusers --root is not a sandboxing feature

This seems to be causing enough confusion that it is worth explicitly
mentioning in the docs
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Luca Boccassi
2026-07-02 09:10:27 +01:00
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<replaceable>root</replaceable> path, including config search
paths. </para>
<para>Note that this is not a sandboxing or security feature.
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
definitions are potentially not processed in a hermetic fashion to the specified root.</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>

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or directories below mount points in the OS image operated on that are typically overmounted during
runtime.</para>
<para>Note that this is not a sandboxing or security feature.
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
definitions are potentially not processed in a hermetic fashion to the specified root.</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v212"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>