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diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..942281c2b --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +<sect1 id="ch06-pwdgroup"> +<title>Creating passwd and group files</title> +<?dbhtml filename="pwdgroup.html" dir="chapter06"?> + +<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>/etc/passwd</filename> by running the +following command:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>echo "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash" > /etc/passwd</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/group</filename> by running the +following command:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>cat > /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> + |