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doc: document os.userInfo() throwing SystemError
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`os.userInfo()` throws an exception which was not documented
in environments like: `docker run --user $(id -u): $(id -g)`.

PR-URL: nodejs#25724
Fixes: nodejs#25714
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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environment variables for the home directory before falling back to the
operating system response.

Throws a [`SystemError`][] if a user has no `username` or `homedir`.

## OS Constants

The following constants are exported by `os.constants`.
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[`SystemError`]: errors.html#errors_system_errors
[`process.arch`]: process.html#process_process_arch
[`process.platform`]: process.html#process_process_platform
[Android building]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/BUILDING.md#androidandroid-based-devices-eg-firefox-os
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