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Timestamp:
07/22/2005 06:47:45 PM (19 years ago)
Author:
Randy McMurchy <randy@…>
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Parents:
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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

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  • postlfs/config/users.xml

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    2828  </indexterm>
    2929
    30   <para>Throughout BLFS, there are many packages that install programs that
     30  <para>Throughout BLFS, many packages install programs that
    3131  run as daemons or in some way should have a user or group name
    3232  assigned.  Generally these names are used to map a user ID (uid) or group
    3333  ID (gid) for system use.  Generally the specific uid or gid numbers used
    34   by these applications are not significant.  The exception, of course is
    35   that root has a uid and gid of 0 (zero) that is indeed special.  The uid
    36   values are stored in <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and the gid values
    37   are found in <filename>/etc/group</filename>.
    38   </para>
     34  by these applications are not significant.  The exception of course, is
     35  that <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> has a uid and gid of 0
     36  (zero) that is indeed special.  The uid values are stored in
     37  <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and the gid values
     38  are found in <filename>/etc/group</filename>.</para>
    3939
    4040  <para>Customarily, Unix systems classify users and groups into two
     
    4848  assigned will always be above these cutoff values.</para>
    4949
    50   <para>Additionally, the
    51   <ulink url='http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/usernames.html'>
     50  <para>Additionally, the <ulink
     51  url='http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/usernames.html'>
    5252  Linux Standards Base</ulink> recommends that system uid and gid values should be
    5353  below 100.</para>
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