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diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml index cba368d08..2bae866ce 100644 --- a/chapter06/shadow.xml +++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml @@ -23,18 +23,7 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed.</para> <sect2> <title>Installation of Shadow</title> -<para>Shadow hard-wires the path to the <command>passwd</command> binary within -the binary itself, but does this the wrong way. If a <command>passwd</command> -binary is not present before installing Shadow, the package incorrectly assumes -it is going to be located at <filename>/bin/passwd</filename>, but then -installs it as <filename>/usr/bin/passwd</filename>. This will lead to errors -about not finding <filename>/bin/passwd</filename>. To work around this bug, -create a dummy <filename>passwd</filename> file, so that it gets hard-wired -properly:</para> - -<screen><userinput>touch /usr/bin/passwd</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now prepare Shadow for compilation:</para> +<para>Prepare Shadow for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared</userinput></screen> @@ -75,10 +64,11 @@ and type it all in):</para> -e 's%/var/spool/mail%/var/mail%' \ etc/login.defs.linux > /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen> -<para>Move some misplaced symlinks to their proper locations:</para> +<para>Move some misplaced symlinks/programs to their proper locations:</para> <screen><userinput>mv /bin/sg /usr/bin -mv /bin/vigr /usr/sbin</userinput></screen> +mv /bin/vigr /usr/sbin +mv /usr/bin/passwd /bin</userinput></screen> <para>And move Shadow's dynamic libraries to a more appropriate location:</para> |