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docs: mention the two other userdb services we ship these days

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@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ For example, introspection is not available, and the resolver logic is not used.
## Other Services
The `systemd` project provides three other services implementing this
The `systemd` project provides several other services implementing this
interface. Specifically:
1. `io.systemd.DynamicUser` → This service is implemented by the service
@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ interface. Specifically:
`systemd-machined.service` and provides records for the users and groups used
by local containers that use user namespacing.
4. `io.systemd.DropIn` → This service is implemented by
`systemd-userdbd.service` and allows storing JSON user records in drop-in
files in the `/etc/userdb/`, `/run/userdb/`, `/run/host/userdb/` or
`/usr/lib/userdb/` directories.
5. `io.systemd.NamespaceResource` → This service is implemented by
`systemd-nsresourced.service` and defines a pair of user and group records
for every UID/GID assigned to user namespaces transiently allocated via the
service.
Other projects are invited to implement these services too.
For example, it would make sense for LDAP/ActiveDirectory projects to implement these
interfaces, which would provide them a way to do per-user resource management