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Last change on this file since 0bb2989 was c9fb357, checked in by Greg Schafer <greg@…>, 21 years ago

Remove the nobody user and group.

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1<sect1 id="ch06-pwdgroup">
2<title>Creating the passwd and group files</title>
3<?dbhtml filename="pwdgroup.html" dir="chapter06"?>
4
5<para>In order for <emphasis>root</emphasis> to be able to login and for the
6name "root" to be recognized, there need to be relevant entries in the
7<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files.</para>
8
9<para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the following
10command:</para>
11
12<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/passwd &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
13root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
14<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
15
16<para>The actual password for <emphasis>root</emphasis> (the "x" here is just a
17placeholder) will be set later.</para>
18
19<para>Create the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file by running the following
20command:</para>
21
22<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/group &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
23root:x:0:
24bin:x:1:
25sys:x:2:
26kmem:x:3:
27tty:x:4:
28tape:x:5:
29daemon:x:6:
30floppy:x:7:
31disk:x:8:
32lp:x:9:
33dialout:x:10:
34audio:x:11:
35<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
36
37<para>The created groups aren't part of any standard -- they are the groups
38that the MAKEDEV script in the next section uses. Besides the group "root", the
39LSB (<ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only a group "bin",
40with a GID of 1, be present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen
41freely by the user, as well-written packages don't depend on GID numbers but
42use the group's name.</para>
43
44<para>Lastly, we re-login to the chroot environment. User name and group name
45resolution will start working immediately after the
46<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files are
47created, because we installed a full glibc in Chapter 5. This will get rid of
48the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt.</para>
49
50<para><screen><userinput>exec /tools/bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen></para>
51
52
53</sect1>
54
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