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diff --git a/chapter05/pwdgroup.sgml b/chapter05/pwdgroup.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..db7343aa6 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter05/pwdgroup.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +<sect1 id="ch05-pwdgroup"> +<title>Creating passwd and group files</title> + +<para> +In order for user and group root to be recognized and to be able to logon +it needs an entry in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group file. Besides the +group root a couple of other groups are recommended and needed by +packages. The groups with their GID's below aren't part of any standard. +The LSB only recommends besides a group root a group bin to be present +with GID 1. Other group names and GID's can be chosen by yourself. Well +written packages don't depend on GID numbers but just use the group +name, it doesn't matter all that much what GID a group has. Since there +aren't any standards for groups I won't follow any conventions used by +Debian, RedHat and others. The groups added here are the groups the +MAKEDEV script (the script that creates the device files in the /dev +directory) mentions. +</para> + +<para> +Create a new file <filename>$LFS/etc/passwd</filename> by running the +following command: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>echo "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash" > + $LFS/etc/passwd</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +Create a new file <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> by running the +following: +</para> + +<literallayout> + +<userinput>cat > $LFS/etc/group << "EOF"</userinput> + root:x:0: + bin:x:1: + sys:x:2: + kmem:x:3: + tty:x:4: + uucp:x:5: + daemon:x:6: + floppy:x:7: + disk:x:8: +<userinput>EOF</userinput> + +</literallayout> + +</sect1> + |