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diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml index cc7452d90..f104fce62 100644 --- a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml +++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml @@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ utmp:x:13: usb:x:14:</literal> EOF</userinput></screen> -<para>The created groups are not part of any standard—they are some of the -groups that the Udev configuration will use in the next section. The Linux -Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) -recommends only that, besides the group <quote>root</quote> with a Group ID -(GID) of 0, a group <quote>bin</quote> with a GID of 1 be present. All other -group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system administrator since -well-written packages do not depend on GID numbers, but rather use the group's -name.</para> +<para>The created groups are not part of any standard—they are groups +decided on in part by the requirements of the Udev configuration in the next +section, and in part by common convention employed by a number of existing Linux +distributions. The Linux Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink +url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only that, besides the group +<quote>root</quote> with a Group ID (GID) of 0, a group <quote>bin</quote> with +a GID of 1 be present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by +the system administrator since well-written programs do not depend on GID +numbers, but rather use the group's name.</para> <para>To remove the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt, start a new shell. Since a full Glibc was installed in <xref |