Changeset cabf0e8

Timestamp:

10/16/2007 01:49:09 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 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/inkscape-core-mods, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/python-mods, qt5new, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

567b68e

Parents:

f9bef9e

Message:

Modified the 'Configuring for Adding Users' page to reflect that the /etc/default/useradd file is now created in LFS - Thanks to Chris Staub for the suggestion

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@7118 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• postlfs/config/skel.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -45 +45 @@
       <para>October 16th, 2007</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Modified the 'Configuring for Adding Users' page
+          to reflect that the /etc/default/useradd file is now created in
+          LFS. Thanks to Chris Staub for the suggestion.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[randy] - Fixed numerous typos and ommisions, along with

postlfs/config/skel.xml

@@ -37 +37 @@
   program adds the new user.</para>
 
-<bridgehead renderas="sect5">Useradd</bridgehead>
+  <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Useradd</bridgehead>
 
   <para>The <command>useradd</command> program uses a collection of
-  default values kept in <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>,
-  if it exists.  If this file does not exist, then it uses some internal
-  defaults.  You can see the default values by running
+  default values kept in <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>. This file
+  is created in a base LFS installation by the
+  <application>Shadow</application> package. If it has been removed or renamed,
+  the <command>useradd</command> program uses some internal defaults.  You can
+  see the default values by running
   <command>/usr/sbin/useradd -D</command>.</para>
 
-  <para>To change these values to something new, create a base
+  <para>To change these values, simply modify the
   <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> file as the
-  <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user with the same values as
-  the output of <command>/usr/sbin/useradd -D</command>. Here is a
-  sample:</para>
-
-<screen><literal># Begin /etc/default/useradd
-
-GROUP=100
-HOME=/home
-INACTIVE=-1
-EXPIRE=
-SHELL=
-SKEL=/etc/skel
-
-# End /etc/default/useradd</literal></screen>
-
-  <para>The only thing missing from the file is a default shell.  Add that
-  by running the following command as the
-  <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user:</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>/usr/sbin/useradd -D -s/bin/bash</userinput></screen>
-
-  <para>This will set the <envar>SHELL</envar>= line to
-  <envar>SHELL</envar>=/bin/bash.</para>
-
-  <para><command>useradd</command> has many parameters that
-  can be set in the <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> file. For more
-  information see <command>man useradd</command>.</para>
+  <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user. An alternative to
+  directly modifying the file is to run <command>useradd</command> as the
+  <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem> user while supplying the
+  desired modifications on the command line. Information on how to do this
+  can be found in the <command>useradd</command> man page.</para>
 
   <bridgehead renderas="sect5">/etc/skel</bridgehead>