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1 | <sect1 id="ch06-pwdgroup">
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2 | <title>Creating the passwd and group files</title>
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3 | <?dbhtml filename="pwdgroup.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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4 |
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5 | <para>In order for root to be able to login and for the name "root" to be
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6 | recognized, there need to be relevant entries in the
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7 | <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
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8 | <filename>/etc/group</filename> files.</para>
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9 |
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10 | <para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the
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11 | following command:</para>
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13 | <para><screen><userinput>echo "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash" > /etc/passwd</userinput></screen></para>
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14 |
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15 | <para>The actual password for root (the "x" here is just a placeholder) will
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16 | be set later.</para>
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17 |
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18 | <para>Create the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file by running the
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19 | following command:</para>
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20 |
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21 | <para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/group << "EOF"</userinput>
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22 | root:x:0:
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23 | bin:x:1:
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24 | sys:x:2:
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25 | kmem:x:3:
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26 | tty:x:4:
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27 | tape:x:5:
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28 | daemon:x:6:
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29 | floppy:x:7:
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30 | disk:x:8:
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31 | lp:x:9:
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32 | dialout:x:10:
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34 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
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35 |
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36 | <para>The created groups aren't part of any standard -- they are the groups
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37 | that the MAKEDEV script in the next section uses.
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38 | Besides the group "root", the LSB recommends only a group "bin", with a GID
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39 | of 1, be present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by
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40 | the user, as well-written packages don't depend on GID numbers but use the
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41 | group's name.</para>
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43 | </sect1>
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