Changeset ba0deaad for postlfs/config/profile.xml

Timestamp:

07/22/2005 06:47:45 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

615b431

Parents:

e540c04

Message:

Minor textual updates to the 'Shell Startup files' and 'System Users and Groups' sections

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@4761 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• postlfs/config/profile.xml (modified) (8 diffs)

postlfs/config/profile.xml

@@ -31 +31 @@
 
   <para>An interactive non-login shell is normally started at the command-line
-  (e.g.,  <prompt>[prompt]$</prompt><command>/bin/bash</command>) or by the
+  using a shell program (e.g.,
+  <prompt>[prompt]$</prompt><command>/bin/bash</command>) or by the
   <command>/bin/su</command> command.  An interactive non-login shell is also
   started with a terminal program such as <command>xterm</command> or
@@ -54 +55 @@
   <para>For more information see <command>info bash</command> --
   <emphasis role="strong">Nodes: Bash Startup Files and Interactive
-  Shells.</emphasis></para>
+  Shells</emphasis>.</para>
+
+  <note>
+    <para>Most of the instructions below are used to create files located in
+    the <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename> directory structure which
+    requires you to execute the commands as the
+    <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user. If you elect to create
+    the files in user's home directories instead, you should run the commands
+    as an unprivileged user.</para>
+  </note>
 
   <sect2 id="etc-profile-profile">
@@ -65 +75 @@
     <para>Here is a base <filename>/etc/profile</filename>. This file starts by
     setting up some helper functions and some basic parameters.  It specifies some
-    <filename>bash</filename> history parameters and, for security purposes,
+    <command>bash</command> history parameters and, for security purposes,
     disables keeping a permanent history file for the <systemitem
     class="username">root</systemitem> user.  It also sets a
     default user prompt.  It then calls small, single purpose scripts in the
     <filename class='directory'>/etc/profile.d</filename> directory to provide most
-    initialization.  </para>
+    of the initialization.</para>
 
     <para>For more information on the escape sequences you can use for your prompt
-    (e.g.,  the <envar>PS1</envar> environment variable) see <command>info
+    (i.e., the <envar>PS1</envar> environment variable) see <command>info
     bash</command> -- <emphasis role="strong">Node: Printing a
-    Prompt.</emphasis></para>
+    Prompt</emphasis>.</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/profile &lt;&lt; "EOF"
@@ -152 +162 @@
 
       <para>Now create the <filename class='directory'>/etc/profile.d</filename>
-      directory, where the individual initialization scripts are placed.</para>
+      directory, where the individual initialization scripts are placed:</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>install --directory --mode=0755 --owner=root --group=root /etc/profile.d</userinput></screen>
@@ -168 +178 @@
       <filename>/etc/dircolors</filename> files to control the colors of file names in a
       directory listing. They control colorized output of things like <command>ls
-      --color</command>.  The explaination of how to initialize these files is at the
+      --color</command>.  The explanation of how to initialize these files is at the
       end of this section.</para>
 
@@ -326 +336 @@
       <envar>PROMPT_COMMAND</envar> is executed as a command prior to issuing
       each primary prompt.  The sequence \e is an ESC character.  \a is a
-      BEL character.  For a reference on xterm escape sequences, see <ulink
-      url="http://rtfm.etla.org/xterm/ctlseq.html"/></para>
+      BEL character.  For a reference on <command>xterm</command> escape
+      sequences, see <ulink
+      url="http://rtfm.etla.org/xterm/ctlseq.html"/>.</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/profile.d/extra-prompt.sh &lt;&lt; "EOF"
@@ -591 +602 @@
     <para> If you want to use the <filename>dircolors</filename> capability, then
     run the following command. The <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename>
-    setup steps seen above also can be used here to provide a
+    setup steps shown above also can be used here to provide a
     <filename>~/.dircolors</filename> file when a new user is set up. As before,
     just change the output file name on the following command and assure the
@@ -606 +617 @@
     <para>Finally, Ian Macdonald has written an excellent collection of tips and
     tricks to enhance your shell environment.  You can read it online at
-    <ulink url="http://www.caliban.org/bash/index.shtml">
-    http://www.caliban.org/bash/index.shtml</ulink>.</para>
+    <ulink url="http://www.caliban.org/bash/index.shtml"/>.</para>
 
   </sect2>