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diff --git a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml index 5311c6f2a..463688456 100644 --- a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml +++ b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ <title>Creating directories</title> <para> -Let's create the directory tree on the LFS partition according to the FHS +Let's create the directory tree on the LFS partition based on the FHS standard, which can be found at <ulink url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">http://www.pathname.com/fhs/</ulink>. -Issuing the following commands will create the necessary directories: +Issuing the following commands will create a default directory layout: </para> <blockquote><literallayout> @@ -36,16 +36,15 @@ Issuing the following commands will create the necessary directories: <para> Normally, directories are created with permission mode 755, which isn't -desired for all directories. I haven't checked if the FHS suggests -default modes for certain directories, so I'll just change the modes for -a few directories that make sense to change. The first change is a mode -0750 for the $LFS/root directory. This is to make sure that not just -everybody can enter the /root directory (the same a user would do with -/home/username directories). The second change is a mode 1777 for the tmp -directories. This way, any user can write stuff to the /tmp directory when -needed. The sticky (1) bit makes sure users can't delete other -users' files which they normally can do, because the directory is set in -such a way that everybody (owner, group, world) can write to that directory. +desired for all directories. The first change is a mode 0750 for the +$LFS/root directory. This is to make sure that not just everybody can +enter the /root directory (the same a user would do with /home/username +directories). The second change is a mode 1777 for the tmp +directories. This way, any user can write data to the /tmp directory when +needed. The sticky bit (the first bit in the 1777 mask) makes sure +users can't delete other users files which they normally can do, +because the directory is set in such a way that everybody (owner, group, +world) can write to that directory (the 777 in the bit mask) </para> <blockquote><literallayout> @@ -58,8 +57,8 @@ such a way that everybody (owner, group, world) can write to that directory. <para> Now that the directories are created, copy the source files that were -downloaded in chapter 3 to some subdirectory under $LFS/usr/src (this -directory still needs to be created yet). +downloaded in chapter 3 to some subdirectory under $LFS/usr/src (you +will need to create the desired directory yourself). </para> </sect1> |