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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/creatingdirs.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/kernfs.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/pwdgroup.xml | 17 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml index f8344fef5..8dbb3b0c7 100644 --- a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml +++ b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>. The FHS is not precise as to the structure of the <filename class="directory">/usr/local/share</filename> subdirectory, so we create only the directories that are needed. However, feel free to create these directories if you prefer to conform more strictly to the -FHS standard.</para> +FHS.</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/kernfs.xml b/chapter06/kernfs.xml index 397033cdf..eb6bba52f 100644 --- a/chapter06/kernfs.xml +++ b/chapter06/kernfs.xml @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ <para>Various file systems exported by the kernel are used to communicate to and from the kernel itself. These file systems are virtual in that no disk space is -used for them. The contents of the file systems resides in memory.</para> +used for them. The content of the file systems resides in memory.</para> <para>Begin by creating directories onto which the file systems will be mounted:</para> diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml index cc7452d90..f104fce62 100644 --- a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml +++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml @@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ utmp:x:13: usb:x:14:</literal> EOF</userinput></screen> -<para>The created groups are not part of any standard—they are some of the -groups that the Udev configuration will use in the next section. The Linux -Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) -recommends only that, besides the group <quote>root</quote> with a Group ID -(GID) of 0, a group <quote>bin</quote> with a GID of 1 be present. All other -group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system administrator since -well-written packages do not depend on GID numbers, but rather use the group's -name.</para> +<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 +section, and in part by common convention employed by a number of existing Linux +distributions. The Linux Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink +url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only that, besides the group +<quote>root</quote> with a Group ID (GID) of 0, a group <quote>bin</quote> 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>To remove the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt, start a new shell. Since a full Glibc was installed in <xref |