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authorArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-07-01 23:49:23 +0000
committerArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-07-01 23:49:23 +0000
commit6169f0cf135412979566cf9026f101111c2e2822 (patch)
treeb868f01e361320f241d26dc24a401666db8bbf2c
parentcbc99c813f9022857d6fef12232090f0bc2e19cb (diff)
Further fine-tuning to the changes made in testing (r6311). (merged from r6295)
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1/BOOK@6312 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--chapter06/creatingdirs.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/kernfs.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/pwdgroup.xml17
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
index f8344fef5..8dbb3b0c7 100644
--- a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>. The FHS is not precise as to the
structure of the <filename class="directory">/usr/local/share</filename>
subdirectory, so we create only the directories that are needed. However, feel
free to create these directories if you prefer to conform more strictly to the
-FHS standard.</para>
+FHS.</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/chapter06/kernfs.xml b/chapter06/kernfs.xml
index 397033cdf..eb6bba52f 100644
--- a/chapter06/kernfs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/kernfs.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
<para>Various file systems exported by the kernel are used to communicate to and
from the kernel itself. These file systems are virtual in that no disk space is
-used for them. The contents of the file systems resides in memory.</para>
+used for them. The content of the file systems resides in memory.</para>
<para>Begin by creating directories onto which the file systems will be mounted:</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
index 46c659f15..caf6f7ffe 100644
--- a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
+++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ utmp:x:13:
usb:x:14:</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
-<para>The created groups are not part of any standard&mdash;they are some of the
-groups that the Udev configuration will use in the next section. The Linux
-Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>)
-recommends only that, besides the group <quote>root</quote> with a Group ID
-(GID) of 0, a group <quote>bin</quote> with a GID of 1 be present. All other
-group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system administrator since
-well-written packages do not depend on GID numbers, but rather use the group's
-name.</para>
+<para>The created groups are not part of any standard&mdash;they are groups
+decided on in part by the requirements of the Udev configuration in the next
+section, and in part by common convention employed by a number of existing Linux
+distributions. The Linux Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink
+url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only that, besides the group
+<quote>root</quote> with a Group ID (GID) of 0, a group <quote>bin</quote> with
+a GID of 1 be present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by
+the system administrator since well-written programs do not depend on GID
+numbers, but rather use the group's name.</para>
<para>To remove the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt, start a new
shell. Since a full Glibc was installed in <xref