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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2022-09-29 18:26:52 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2022-09-29 18:26:52 +0800
commitaa9ade1fba5f5cbf9427b786fbb41912e6ec39cf (patch)
tree7323db97bcf48c2eaff4a7dc58e00583b707dab2 /chapter04/addinguser.xml
parent199d14c9970b368d2f35d37610cf53d92e510373 (diff)
more clarification of "log in as lfs user"
And, don't recommended to "log in as lfs through a DM" anymore: if you log in through a DM then start a terminal emulator, the first shell in the emulator is often a non-login shell. It's not something we expect.
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@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
</variablelist>
- <para>To enable logging in as <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> (as opposed
- to switching to user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> when logged
- in as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, which does not require
- the <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> user to have a password),
- give <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> a password:</para>
+ <para>If you want to log in as &lfs-user; or switch to &lfs-user; from a
+ non-&root; user (as opposed to switching to user &lfs-user;
+ when logged in as &root;, which does not require the &lfs-user; user to
+ have a password), you need to set a password of &lfs-user;. Issue the
+ following command as the &root; user to set the password:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>passwd lfs</userinput></screen>
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
If the prompt "lfs:~$" does not appear immediately, entering the
<command>fg</command> command will fix the issue.</para></note>
- <para>Next, login as user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem>.
- This can be done via a virtual console, through a display manager, or with
- the following substitute/switch user command:</para>
+ <para>Next, start a shell running as user &lfs-user;. This can be done by
+ logging in as &lfs-user; on a virtual console, or with the following
+ substitute/switch user command:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>su - lfs</userinput></screen>