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   <para>Together, the <command>/usr/sbin/useradd</command> command and
   <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> directory (both are easy to
   setup and use) provide a way to assure new users are added on your LFS
   system with the same beginning settings for things like <envar>PATH</envar>,
   keyboard processing and environmental variables. Using these two facilities
+  <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> directory (both are easy to
+  setup and use) provide a way to assure new users are added on your LFS
+  system with the same beginning settings for things like <envar>PATH</envar>,
+  keyboard processing and environmental variables. Using these two facilities
   makes it easier to assure this initial state for each new user.</para>
   <para>The <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> directory holds
   copies of various initialization and other files that may be copied to the
+  <para>The <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> directory holds
+  copies of various initialization and other files that may be copied to the
   new user's home directory when the <command>/usr/sbin/useradd</command>
   program adds the new user.</para>
 …
   default values kept in <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>,
   if it exists.  If the file does not exist, then it uses some internal
   defaults.  You can see the default values by running
+  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 <filename>
   /etc/default/useradd</filename> file with the same values as the output of
+  /etc/default/useradd</filename> file with the same values as the output of
   <command>/usr/sbin/useradd -D</command>.  Here is a sample.</para>
 …
 <screen role="root"><userinput>/usr/sbin/useradd -D -s/bin/bash</userinput></screen>
   <para>This will set the <envar>SHELL</envar>= line to
+  <para>This will set the <envar>SHELL</envar>= line to
   <envar>SHELL</envar>=/bin/bash.</para>
 …
   <bridgehead renderas="sect5">/etc/skel</bridgehead>
   <para>To get started, create an <filename
   class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> directory and make sure it is
   writable only by the system administrator, usually <systemitem
   class="username">root</systemitem>. Creating the
   directory as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> is
+  <para>To get started, create an <filename
+  class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> directory and make sure it is
+  writable only by the system administrator, usually <systemitem
+  class="username">root</systemitem>. Creating the
+  directory as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> is
   the best way to go.</para>
   <para>The mode of any files from this part of the book that you put in
   <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> should be writable only by
   the owner. Also, since there is no telling what kind of sensitive information
+  <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> should be writable only by
+  the owner. Also, since there is no telling what kind of sensitive information
   a user may eventually place in their copy of these files, you should
   make them unreadable by "group" and "other".</para>
   <para>You can also put other files in
+  <para>You can also put other files in
   <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> and
   different permissions may be needed for them.</para>
 …
   <para>Decide which initialization files should be provided in every (or most)
   new user's home directory. The decisions you make will affect what you
   do in the next two sections, <xref linkend="postlfs-config-profile"/> and
+  do in the next two sections, <xref linkend="postlfs-config-profile"/> and
   <xref linkend="postlfs-config-vimrc"/>. Some or all of those files will be
   useful for <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, any
+  useful for <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, any
   already-existing users, and new users.</para>
 …
   <para>You will run a slightly modified set of commands for files which
   are placed in <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename>. Each section
   will remind you of this. In brief, the book's commands have been written for
   files <emphasis>not</emphasis> added to
   <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> and just send the results to
   the user's home directory. If the file is going to be in
   <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename>, change the book's command(s)
+  are placed in <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename>. Each section
+  will remind you of this. In brief, the book's commands have been written for
+  files <emphasis>not</emphasis> added to
+  <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> and just send the results to
+  the user's home directory. If the file is going to be in
+  <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename>, change the book's command(s)
   to send output there instead and then just copy the file from
   <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> to the appropriate
   directories, like <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>,
   <filename class="directory">~</filename> or the home directory
+  <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> to the appropriate
+  directories, like <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>,
+  <filename class="directory">~</filename> or the home directory
   of any other user already in the system.</para>
 …
   the <option>-m</option> parameter, which tells
   <command>useradd</command> to create the user's home directory and
   copy files from <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> (can be
+  copy files from <filename class="directory">/etc/skel</filename> (can be
   overridden) to the new user's home directory.  For example:</para>

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