Changes made by {PVE} are enclosed by comment markers:
- # --- BEGIN PVE ---
- <data>
- # --- END PVE ---
-
-If no such section is found it will be inserted at a reasonable location
-in the file.
+----
+# --- BEGIN PVE ---
+<data>
+# --- END PVE ---
+----
-If such a section already exists it will be updated in place and will not be
-moved.
+Those markers will be inserted at a reasonable location in the
+file. If such a section already exists, it will be updated in place
+and will not be moved.
-Modification of a file can be prevented by adding a `.pve-ignore.` file for it.
-For instance, if the file `/etc/.pve-ignore.hosts` exists then the
-`/etc/hosts` file will not be touched. (This can be a simple empty file creatd
-via:
+Modification of a file can be prevented by adding a `.pve-ignore.`
+file for it. For instance, if the file `/etc/.pve-ignore.hosts`
+exists then the `/etc/hosts` file will not be touched. This can be a
+simple empty file creatd via:
# touch /etc/.pve-ignore.hosts
-The above tasks are OS dependent and so they differ between different
-distributions. You can also disable all modifications entirely by manually
-setting the 'ostype' to 'unmanaged'.
+Most modifications are OS dependent, so they differ between different
+distributions and versions. You can completely disable modifications
+by manually setting the 'ostype' to 'unmanaged'.
OS type detection is done by testing for certain files inside the
container: