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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-11 03:13:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-11 03:13:43 +0000 |
| commit | 387a32af4bff50363c15788cf25f10ed26cfabd3 (patch) | |
| tree | 7874a54d1f87fdbb340547777019c59ce20c6f4a /chapter07/createfiles.xml | |
| parent | bc8cca581fed74c60e201a89acb38cb2344c9b1b (diff) | |
Update initial Chapter 7 pages for cross2 branch
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diff --git a/chapter07/createfiles.xml b/chapter07/createfiles.xml index aed8d79da..3f5698438 100644 --- a/chapter07/createfiles.xml +++ b/chapter07/createfiles.xml @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ nobody:x:99:99:Unprivileged User:/dev/null:/bin/false</literal> EOF</userinput></screen> <para>The actual password for <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> - (the <quote>x</quote> used here is just a placeholder) will be set later.</para> + will be set later.</para> <para>Create the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file by running the following command:</para> @@ -145,16 +145,16 @@ users:x:999:</literal> 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 the next - chapter, and in part by common convention 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="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only 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. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system - administrator since well-written programs do not depend on GID numbers, but - rather use the group's name.</para> + 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 + distributions. In addition, some test suites rely on specific users or + groups. The Linux Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink + url="http://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. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen + freely by the system administrator since well-written programs do not depend + on GID numbers, but rather use the group's name.</para> <para>Some tests in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/> need a regular user. We add this user here and delete this account at the end of that @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ install -o tester -d /home/tester</userinput></screen> directive, <command>bash</command> would remember the paths to binaries it has executed. To ensure the use of the newly compiled binaries as soon as they are installed, the <parameter>+h</parameter> directive will be used for the duration - of this chapter.</para> + of this and the next chapter.</para> <para>The <command>login</command>, <command>agetty</command>, and <command>init</command> programs (and others) use a number of log |