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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 433c03bb0..dbd5ab283 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para> </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter04 - addinguser. Make the lfs user +a member of the lfs group, in case hosts add a new user to a non-existent gid by +default (which causes the glibc testsuite to fail). Fixes bug #856.</para> +</listitem> + <listitem><para>June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter07 - console & chapter 08 - kernel. Improved wording and re-introduced the option for compiling the keymap directly into the kernel.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter04/addinguser.xml b/chapter04/addinguser.xml index 0a2688efc..c0dc9ad67 100644 --- a/chapter04/addinguser.xml +++ b/chapter04/addinguser.xml @@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ can damage or even wreck your system. Therefore we recommend that you build the packages in this chapter as an unprivileged user. You could of course use your own user name, but to make it easier to set up a clean -work environment we'll create a new user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> and +work environment we'll create a new user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> as a +member of a new group (also named <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>) and use this one during the installation process. As <emphasis>root</emphasis>, -issue the following command to add the new user:</para> +issue the following commands to add the new user:</para> -<screen><userinput>useradd -s /bin/bash -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>groupadd lfs +useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen> <para>The meaning of the switches:</para> @@ -28,6 +30,12 @@ issue the following command to add the new user:</para> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> +<term><parameter>-g lfs</parameter></term> +<listitem><para>This adds user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> to group +<emphasis>lfs</emphasis></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> <term><parameter>-m</parameter></term> <listitem><para>This creates a home directory for <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>.</para></listitem> |