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authorManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-01-30 10:36:17 +0000
committerManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-01-30 10:36:17 +0000
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<title>Adding the user lfs</title>
<?dbhtml filename="addinguser.html"?>
-<!--
-<para>When logged in as <emphasis>root</emphasis>, making a single mistake
-can damage or even wreck your system. Therefore we recommend that you
-build the packages in this chapter as an unprivileged user. You could
-of course use your own user name, but to make it easier to set up a clean
-work environment we'll create a new user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> as a
-member of a new group (also named <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>) and
-use this one during the installation process. As <emphasis>root</emphasis>,
-issue the following commands to add the new user:</para>
--->
+<para>Issue the following commands to add the new user:</para>
<screen><userinput>groupadd lfs
useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
-<!--
-<para>The meaning of the switches:</para>
-
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>-s /bin/bash</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This makes
-<command>bash</command> the default shell for user
-<emphasis>lfs</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>-g lfs</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This adds user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> to group
-<emphasis>lfs</emphasis></para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>-m</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This creates a home
-directory for <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>-k /dev/null</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This parameter
-prevents possible copying of files from a skeleton directory (default
-is <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename>) by changing the input location to
-the special null device.</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
-<para>If you want to be able to log in as <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>, then give
-<emphasis>lfs</emphasis> a password:</para>
--->
-
<screen><userinput>passwd lfs</userinput></screen>
-<!--
-<para>and grant <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> full access to
-<filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> by making
-<emphasis>lfs</emphasis> the directory owner:</para>
--->
-
<screen><userinput>chown lfs $LFS/tools</userinput></screen>
-<!--
-<para>If you made a separate working directory as suggested, give user
-<emphasis>lfs</emphasis> ownership of this directory too:</para>
--->
-
<screen><userinput>chown lfs $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
-<!--
-<para>Next, login as user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>. This can be done via a
-virtual console, through a display manager, or with the following substitute
-user command:</para>
--->
-
<screen><userinput>su - lfs</userinput></screen>
-<!--
-<para>The <quote><parameter>-</parameter></quote> instructs <command>su</command> to
-start a <emphasis>login</emphasis> shell.</para>
--->
-
</sect1>