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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2012-03-28 20:45:14 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2012-03-28 20:45:14 +0000
commit44f6add12aeee46ba681ce9a7a5fc06f39bff656 (patch)
tree7864d1fc99a6fd129caae8d4483b0e4943ce9eba /chapter06
parent0759a218c954c964837a5f1ff4db41fc00592e0b (diff)
Adjust minimum version of xz-utils in Host Requirements.
Reword description of log files in section Creating Essential Files. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9794 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/createfiles.xml b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
index f0091bcd2..444cb091c 100644
--- a/chapter06/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
@@ -129,16 +129,18 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
do not already exist. Initialize the log files and give them
proper permissions:</para>
-<screen><userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp}
+<screen><userinput>touch /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp}
chgrp -v utmp /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog
chmod -v 664 /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog
chmod -v 600 /var/log/btmp</userinput></screen>
- <para>The <filename>/var/run/utmp</filename> file records the users
- that are currently logged in. The <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename>
- file records all logins and logouts. The
- <filename>/var/log/lastlog</filename> file records when
- each user last logged in. The <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename> file
- records the bad login attempts.</para>
+ <para>The <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file records all logins and
+ logouts. The <filename>/var/log/lastlog</filename> file records when each
+ user last logged in. The <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename> file records the
+ bad login attempts.</para>
+
+ <note><para>The <filename>/run/utmp</filename> file records the users that
+ are currently logged in. This file is created dynamically in the boot
+ scripts.</para></note>
</sect1>