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diff --git a/chapter04/addinguser.xml b/chapter04/addinguser.xml index d701566ba..d5ecc8336 100644 --- a/chapter04/addinguser.xml +++ b/chapter04/addinguser.xml @@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ <title>Adding the LFS User</title> <?dbhtml filename="addinguser.html"?> -<para>When logged in as user <emphasis>root</emphasis>, making a -single mistake can damage or destroy a system. Therefore, we recommend -building the packages in this chapter as an unprivileged user. You -could use your own user name, but to make it easier to set up a clean -work environment, create a new user called <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> as -a member of a new group (also named <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>) and use -this user during the installation process. As +<para>When logged in as user <emphasis>root</emphasis>, making a single mistake +can damage or destroy a system. Therefore, we recommend building the packages in +this chapter as an unprivileged user. You could use your own user name, but to +make it easier to set up a clean working environment, create a new user called +<emphasis>lfs</emphasis> as a member of a new group (also named +<emphasis>lfs</emphasis>) and use this user during the installation process. As <emphasis>root</emphasis>, issue the following commands to add the new user:</para> @@ -83,9 +82,9 @@ following substitute user command:</para> <screen><userinput>su - lfs</userinput></screen> <para>The <quote><parameter>-</parameter></quote> instructs -<command>su</command> to start a login shell as opposed to a non-login -shell. The difference between these two types of shells can be found -in detail in the Bash man and info pages.</para> +<command>su</command> to start a login shell as opposed to a non-login shell. +The difference between these two types of shells can be found in detail in the +<command>man</command> and <command>info</command> pages for Bash.</para> </sect1> |