diff options
| author | Zack Winkles <winkie@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-05-04 21:42:57 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Zack Winkles <winkie@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-05-04 21:42:57 +0000 |
| commit | 6820da0337c2a6918f1917150802d57c8ecbdf01 (patch) | |
| tree | 665c040b92e941d20a9cdeb1e934fc36925bda7e | |
| parent | c6f6bd71491881fb911b12caddac5ee9359091a4 (diff) | |
Moved passwd to /bin
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3469 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/shadow.xml | 18 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 9243d4ce9..63541386a 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para> </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Install the +<quote>passwd</quote> binary in /bin instead of /usr/bin.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>May 4th, 2004 [winkie]: Chapter 6 - Switch the uname patch we use, so that we get correct results.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml index cba368d08..2bae866ce 100644 --- a/chapter06/shadow.xml +++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml @@ -23,18 +23,7 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed.</para> <sect2> <title>Installation of Shadow</title> -<para>Shadow hard-wires the path to the <command>passwd</command> binary within -the binary itself, but does this the wrong way. If a <command>passwd</command> -binary is not present before installing Shadow, the package incorrectly assumes -it is going to be located at <filename>/bin/passwd</filename>, but then -installs it as <filename>/usr/bin/passwd</filename>. This will lead to errors -about not finding <filename>/bin/passwd</filename>. To work around this bug, -create a dummy <filename>passwd</filename> file, so that it gets hard-wired -properly:</para> - -<screen><userinput>touch /usr/bin/passwd</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now prepare Shadow for compilation:</para> +<para>Prepare Shadow for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared</userinput></screen> @@ -75,10 +64,11 @@ and type it all in):</para> -e 's%/var/spool/mail%/var/mail%' \ etc/login.defs.linux > /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen> -<para>Move some misplaced symlinks to their proper locations:</para> +<para>Move some misplaced symlinks/programs to their proper locations:</para> <screen><userinput>mv /bin/sg /usr/bin -mv /bin/vigr /usr/sbin</userinput></screen> +mv /bin/vigr /usr/sbin +mv /usr/bin/passwd /bin</userinput></screen> <para>And move Shadow's dynamic libraries to a more appropriate location:</para> |