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| -rw-r--r-- | appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/lilo-inst.xml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | preface/foreword.xml | 4 |
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diff --git a/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml b/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml index 41acee519..48dc67b9d 100644 --- a/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml @@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ vipw</para></sect3> the last password change.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>chfn</title> -<para>chfn changes user full name, office number, office extension, and home -phone number information for a user's account.</para></sect4> +<para>chfn changes a user's full name and other information +(office room number, office phone number, and +home phone number).</para></sect4> <sect4><title>chpasswd</title> <para>chpasswd reads a file of user name and password pairs from standard @@ -93,18 +94,19 @@ users.</para></sect4> <para>passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>pwck</title> -<para>pwck verifies the integrity of the system authentication -information.</para></sect4> +<para>pwck verifies the integrity of the password files.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>pwconv</title> -<para>pwconv converts to shadow passwd files from normal passwd -files.</para></sect4> +<para>pwconv converts the normal password file +to a shadowed password file.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>pwunconv</title> -<para>pwunconv converts from shadow passwd files to normal files.</para></sect4> +<para>pwunconv converts a shadowed password file +to a normal password file.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>sg</title> -<para>sg executes command as a different group ID.</para></sect4> +<para>sg sets the user's GID to that of the given group, or executes a +given command as member of the given group.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>su</title> <para>su changes the effective user and group IDs to that of a given user. diff --git a/chapter06/lilo-inst.xml b/chapter06/lilo-inst.xml index c86208ea1..6ec96cd40 100644 --- a/chapter06/lilo-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/lilo-inst.xml @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ <sect2> <title>Installation of Lilo</title> -<para>We have chosen Lilo because we feel comfortable with it, but you -may wish to take a look elsewhere. Someone has written a hint on -GRUB at <ulink url="&hints-root;grub-howto.txt"/>, an alternative -boot loader.</para> +<para>We have chosen Lilo as a boot loader because we feel comfortable with it, but you +may wish to choose another. Someone has written a hint on +GRUB at <ulink url="&hints-root;grub-howto.txt"/>.</para> <para>Install Lilo by running the following commands:</para> @@ -12,17 +11,17 @@ boot loader.</para> make install</userinput></screen></para> <para>It appears that compilation of this package fails on certain machines -when the -g compiler flag is being used. If you can't compile Lilo at +when the -g compiler flag is used. If you can't compile Lilo at all, you should try to remove the -g value from the CFLAGS variable in the <filename>Makefile</filename> file.</para> <para>At the end of the installation the make install process will print a message stating that /sbin/lilo has to be executed to complete the -update. Don't do this as it has no use. The /etc/lilo.conf isn't present +update. Don't do this, as it has no use: the /etc/lilo.conf isn't present yet. We will complete the installation of lilo in chapter 8.</para> <para>Maybe you'll be interested to know that someone wrote a hint on -how to get a logo instead the the standard LILO prompt or menu. Take +how to get a logo instead of the standard LILO prompt or menu. Take a look at it at <ulink url="&hints-root;bootlogo.txt"/>.</para> </sect2> diff --git a/preface/foreword.xml b/preface/foreword.xml index 196e73d9a..673e213f5 100644 --- a/preface/foreword.xml +++ b/preface/foreword.xml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <?dbhtml filename="foreword.html" dir="preface"?> <para>Having used a number of different Linux distributions, I was never -fully satisfied with any of them. I didn't like the way the arrangement of +fully satisfied with any of them. I didn't like the arrangement of the bootscripts. I didn't like the way certain programs were configured by default. Much more of that sort of thing bothered me. Finally I realized that if I wanted full satisfisfaction from my Linux system I would have to @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies and compile-time errors, a custom-built Linux system was created that was fully operational. I called this system a Linux From Scratch system, or LFS for short.</para> -<para>I hope all of you will have a great time working on LFS!</para> +<para>I hope you will have a great time working on your own LFS!</para> <literallayout> -- |