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diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml index 6e28571f7..665caa7c6 100644 --- a/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml @@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ provided by Net-tools. Prevent its installation by applying a patch:</para> <para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para> +<para>The <userinput>su</userinput> program from Coreutils wasn't installed in +Chapter 5 because it needed <emphasis>root</emphasis> privilege to do so. We're +going to need it in a few moments for the test suite. Therefore we work around +the problem by installing it now:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>make install-root</userinput></screen></para> + <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. However, this particular test suite makes some assumptions that aren't quite valid at this early stage of Chapter 6. We @@ -35,12 +42,6 @@ and a dummy user name:</para> echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group echo "dummy:x:1000:1000:::/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd</userinput></screen></para> -<para>The <userinput>su</userinput> program from Coreutils wasn't installed in -Chapter 5 because it needed <emphasis>root</emphasis> privilege to install. We -work around this problem by installing it now:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>make install-root</userinput></screen></para> - <para>Some tests are meant to run as <emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para> <para><screen><userinput>make check-root</userinput></screen></para> |