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| author | Mark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-08-23 14:33:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Mark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-08-23 14:33:58 +0000 |
| commit | efd49ae1788a4727b9bf6543a2fdea722d470365 (patch) | |
| tree | 1f15d5ffd0ae2a7e27eac7d34bcd915aeddf1d8d /chapter03/creatingdirs.xml | |
| parent | 9d4ff0ea4f12347b7a3121a216feddb618443ffb (diff) | |
Bug 130: set umask to 022
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1008 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml index a37be20bd..f60101786 100644 --- a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml +++ b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml @@ -1,7 +1,18 @@ <sect1 id="ch04-creatingdirs"> <title>Creating directories</title> -<para>Let's create the directory tree on the LFS partition based on the FHS +<para>Before we start creating directories, we need to check the base +system's umask setting. To do this, we run +<userinput>umask</userinput>. The result should be 022. If it isn't, +then run the following command to ensure that the directories will be +created with the correct permissions:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>umask 022</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>We would advise you to make sure that the umask is set to 022 +throughout your LFS install.</para> + +<para>Let's now create the directory tree on the LFS partition based on the FHS standard, which can be found at <ulink url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">http://www.pathname.com/fhs/</ulink>. Issuing the following commands will create a default directory layout:</para> |