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diff --git a/chapter05/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter05/pwdgroup.xml deleted file mode 100644 index f1c5e2176..000000000 --- a/chapter05/pwdgroup.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="ch05-pwdgroup"> -<title>Creating passwd and group files</title> -<?dbhtml filename="pwdgroup.html" dir="chapter05"?> - -<para>In order for the user and group root to be recognized and to be able to -login, there needs to be 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 created below aren't part of any standard. -The LSB only recommends a group bin with GID 1 to be present besides -group root. Other group names and GID's can be chosen by the user. Well -written packages don't depend on GID numbers but just use the group -name, so it doesn't matter which GID a group has. Since there -aren't any standards for groups the groups created 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> - -<para><screen><userinput>echo "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash" > $LFS/etc/passwd</userinput></screen></para> - -<para>Create a new file <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> by running the -following command:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>cat > $LFS/etc/group << "EOF"</userinput> -root:x:0: -bin:x:1: -sys:x:2: -kmem:x:3: -tty:x:4: -tape:x:5: -daemon:x:6: -floppy:x:7: -disk:x:8: -lp:x:9: -dialout:x:10: -audio:x:11: -<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> - -</sect1> - |