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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2007-03-19 21:13:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2007-03-19 21:13:34 +0000 |
| commit | d1538c00041c086bc445337dc9c1b76a698808ab (patch) | |
| tree | 1be79aa1baa3dcd3f95bdfb6e94aba1ac65187d5 | |
| parent | 7ea4443021dda2276fddaf6cb390ceee7e71a917 (diff) | |
Change the default home directory for new users to /home and prevent useradd from creating mail spool files.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7969 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/createfiles.xml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/shadow.xml | 8 |
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 654808438..b82446a31 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ <para>2007-03-19</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para>[matthew] - Change the default home directory for new users and + do not create mail spool files for them. Add a + <systemitem class="groupname">mail</systemitem> group so that if + Shadow is configured to create mail spool files for new users, it can + do so without issuing a warning.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Shadow-4.0.18.1. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1850">#1850</ulink></para> </listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/createfiles.xml b/chapter06/createfiles.xml index 32896f1a6..581c921b6 100644 --- a/chapter06/createfiles.xml +++ b/chapter06/createfiles.xml @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ video:x:12: utmp:x:13: usb:x:14: cdrom:x:15: +mail:x:34: nogroup:x:99:</literal> EOF</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml index 210d90bf3..8c62ff81a 100644 --- a/chapter06/shadow.xml +++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml @@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ ln -sfv ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>grpconv</userinput></screen> + <para>Shadow's stock configuration for the <command>useradd</command> + utility is not suitable for LFS systems. Use the following commands to + change the default home directory for new users and prevent the creation of + mail spool files:</para> + +<screen><userinput>useradd -D -b /home +sed -i 's/yes/no/' /etc/default/useradd</userinput></screen> + </sect2> <sect2 role="configuration"> |