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authorJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-31 21:06:48 +0000
committerJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-31 21:06:48 +0000
commit09c1e758b639de7a4f632a4e22c46c2863507714 (patch)
tree0e9ac3a749ab6f60e0717dce3bd230be53b2d557 /chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
parent087e584f625ded123c5e6bc17d5c2ff1f5a8009c (diff)
Added user and group nobody for coreutils tests
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2707 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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-rw-r--r--chapter06/pwdgroup.xml10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
index 05b712710..c26f90ae5 100644
--- a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
+++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@
<para>In order for <emphasis>root</emphasis> to be able to login and for the
name "root" to be recognized, there need to be relevant entries in the
<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
-<filename>/etc/group</filename> files.</para>
+<filename>/etc/group</filename> files. Also, to support one of the coreutils
+tests, we will also create the user and group nobody, which is almost
+universally present on Linux computers.</para>
<para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the
following command:</para>
-<para><screen><userinput>echo "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash" &gt; /etc/passwd</userinput></screen></para>
+<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/passwd &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
+root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
+nobody:x:1000:1000:nobody:/:/bin/bash
+<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The actual password for <emphasis>root</emphasis> (the "x" here is
just a placeholder) will be set later.</para>
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ disk:x:8:
lp:x:9:
dialout:x:10:
audio:x:11:
+nobody:x:1000:
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The created groups aren't part of any standard -- they are the groups