Changeset 7969

Timestamp:

03/19/07 15:13:34 (1 year ago)

Author:

matthew

Message:

Change the default home directory for new users to /home and prevent useradd from creating mail spool files.

Files:

• trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• trunk/BOOK/chapter06/createfiles.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• trunk/BOOK/chapter06/shadow.xml (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
-      <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Change the default home directory for new users and
+          do not create mail spool files for them.  Add a
+          <systemitem class="groupname">mail</systemitem> group so that if
+          Shadow is configured to create mail spool files for new users, it can 
+          do so without issuing a warning.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
-          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Shadow-4.0.18.1.  Fixes
-          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1850">#1850</ulink></para>

trunk/BOOK/chapter06/createfiles.xml

@@ -90 +90 @@
-usb:x:14:
-cdrom:x:15:
+mail:x:34:
-nogroup:x:99:</literal>
-EOF</userinput></screen>

trunk/BOOK/chapter06/shadow.xml

@@ -158 +158 @@
-
-<screen><userinput>grpconv</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Shadow's stock configuration for the <command>useradd</command>
+    utility is not suitable for LFS systems.  Use the following commands to
+    change the default home directory for new users and prevent the creation of
+    mail spool files:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>useradd -D -b /home
+sed -i 's/yes/no/' /etc/default/useradd</userinput></screen>
-
-  </sect2>