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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/changingowner.xml | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | general.ent | 4 |
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index d2f6861cc..d53fa8d60 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -37,11 +37,22 @@ --> <listitem> + <para>April 23, 2006</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[manuel] - Fixed command to change $LFS/tools + ownewrship. Resolves ticket #1780.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>April 22, 2006</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>[manuel] - Revised again the Host System Requirements page - wording and look. Thanks to Bruce Dubbs for the patch.</para> + wording and look. Thanks to Bruce Dubbs for the patch. Resolves + ticket #1779.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </listitem> diff --git a/chapter05/changingowner.xml b/chapter05/changingowner.xml index b80ebb1b4..c3d6306cc 100644 --- a/chapter05/changingowner.xml +++ b/chapter05/changingowner.xml @@ -18,29 +18,29 @@ class="username">root</systemitem>'s environment.</para> </note> - <para>Currently, the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory + <para>Currently, the <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory is owned by the user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem>, a user that exists only on the host system. If the <filename - class="directory">/tools</filename> directory is kept as is, the files are + class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory is kept as is, the files are owned by a user ID without a corresponding account. This is dangerous because a user account created later could get this same user ID and would own the - <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory and all the files + <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory and all the files therein, thus exposing these files to possible malicious manipulation.</para> <para>To avoid this issue, you could add the <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> user to the new LFS system later when creating the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file, taking care to assign it the same user and group IDs as on the host system. Better yet, change the - ownership of the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory to + ownership of the <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory to user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> by running the following command:</para> -<screen><userinput>chown -R root:root /tools</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>chown -R root:root $LFS/tools</userinput></screen> - <para>Although the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory can - be deleted once the LFS system has been finished, it can be retained to build + <para>Although the <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory + can be deleted once the LFS system has been finished, it can be retained to build additional LFS systems <emphasis>of the same book version</emphasis>. How best - to backup <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> is a matter of + to backup <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> is a matter of personal preference and is left as an exercise for the reader.</para> </sect1> diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent index 9e9d61977..e5384a00b 100644 --- a/general.ent +++ b/general.ent @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060422"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "April 22, 2006"> +<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060423"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "April 23, 2006"> <!ENTITY milestone "6.2"> <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" --> |