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| author | David Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com> | 2022-11-16 13:15:01 -0600 |
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| committer | David Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com> | 2022-11-16 13:16:35 -0600 |
| commit | ebecd08c0582ef9c01f784452f87f3a39cf40cdd (patch) | |
| tree | 7615ee9d0662f7edb512eea73976ba4a64806294 /chapter07/createfiles.xml | |
| parent | f2dff2db69d54dd23f2532a24e8d5dc54076a3a6 (diff) | |
Corrected grammar, spelling, and idiom in chapter 7.
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/createfiles.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/createfiles.xml b/chapter07/createfiles.xml index ca7de3802..2434a6b17 100644 --- a/chapter07/createfiles.xml +++ b/chapter07/createfiles.xml @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ <primary sortas="e-/var/log/wtmp">/var/log/wtmp</primary> </indexterm> - <para>Historically, Linux maintains a list of the mounted file systems in the + <para>Historically, Linux maintained a list of the mounted file systems in the file <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>. Modern kernels maintain this list internally and expose it to the user via the <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem. To satisfy utilities that - expect the presence of <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>, create the following + expect to find <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>, create the following symbolic link:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -sv /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab</userinput></screen> @@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <para>The created groups are not part of any standard—they are groups decided on in part by the requirements of the Udev configuration in Chapter - 9, and in part by common convention employed by a number of existing Linux + 9, and in part by common conventions employed by a number of existing Linux distributions. In addition, some test suites rely on specific users or groups. The Linux Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink url="https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/lsb.shtml"/>) only recommends that, besides the group <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem> with a Group ID (GID) of 0, a group <systemitem class="groupname">bin</systemitem> - with a GID of 1 be present. The GID of 5 is widely used for + with a GID of 1 be present. The GID of 5 is widely used for the <systemitem class="groupname">tty</systemitem> group, and the number 5 is also used in <phrase revision="systemd">systemd</phrase> <phrase revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/fstab</filename></phrase> for the @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> or the parent user namespace, but <quote>do not exist</quote> on the local machine or in the separate namespace). We assign <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> and - <systemitem class="groupname">nogroup</systemitem> for it to avoid an + <systemitem class="groupname">nogroup</systemitem> to avoid an unnamed ID. But other distros may treat this ID differently, so any portable program should not depend on this assignment.</para> |