Changeset e38cfca

Timestamp:

03/10/2013 08:53:27 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Krejzi <krejzi@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 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:

a3f7f4b1

Parents:

5889b252

Message:

Add an unprivileged user to ntp instructions and modify bootscript to start ntpd as that user.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@11084 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general.ent (modified) (1 diff)
• networking/netprogs/ntp.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• postlfs/config/users.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general.ent

@@ -67 +67 @@
 <!-- End LFS versions -->
 
-<!ENTITY blfs-bootscripts-version     "20130212">
+<!ENTITY blfs-bootscripts-version     "20130310">
 <!ENTITY blfs-bootscripts-download    "&downloads-root;/blfs-bootscripts-&blfs-bootscripts-version;.tar.bz2">
 

networking/netprogs/ntp.xml

@@ -81 +81 @@
     <title>Installation of ntp</title>
 
+    <para>
+      There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
+      of the <command>ntpd</command> daemon after it is
+      started. Issue the following commands as the
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+    </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 87 ntp &amp;&amp;
+useradd -c "Network Time Protocol" -d /var/lib/ntp -u 87 \
+        -g ntp -s /bin/false ntp</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Install <application>ntp</application> by running
     the following commands:</para>

postlfs/config/users.xml

@@ -109 +109 @@
         <row><entry>avahi-autoipd</entry><entry>85</entry><entry>85</entry></row>
         <row><entry>netdev  </entry><entry>  </entry><entry>86</entry></row>
+        <row><entry>ntp     </entry><entry>87</entry><entry>87</entry></row>
         <row><entry>anonymous</entry><entry>98</entry><entry>  </entry></row>
         <row><entry>nobody  </entry><entry>99</entry><entry>  </entry></row>