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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/pwdgroup.xml | 6 |
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 12136f77c..fc3770d89 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -345,9 +345,6 @@ for GCC 3.3.1 with respect to the fixincludes process. Also added extra verbiage to the locking-in and GCC pass 2 pages on the fixincludes process.</para></listitem> -<listitem><para>August 31, 2003 [jeremy] - Added user nobody to -passwd and group files, so coreutils tests will pass.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>August 31st, 2003 [alex]: Reworded some paragraphs, added missing markup, and rearranged the changelog.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml index a12b3cc05..bd565daf9 100644 --- a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml +++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml @@ -4,16 +4,13 @@ <para>In order for <emphasis>root</emphasis> to be able to login and for the name "root" to be recognized, there need to be relevant entries in the -<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files. -Also, to support one of the coreutils tests, we will also create the user and -group nobody, which is almost universally present on Linux computers.</para> +<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files.</para> <para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the following command:</para> <para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/passwd << "EOF"</userinput> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash -nobody:x:1000:1000:nobody:/:/bin/bash <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> <para>The actual password for <emphasis>root</emphasis> (the "x" here is just a @@ -35,7 +32,6 @@ disk:x:8: lp:x:9: dialout:x:10: audio:x:11: -nobody:x:1000: <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> <para>The created groups aren't part of any standard -- they are the groups |