Changeset 1fd5d19

Timestamp:

06/19/2004 08:48:04 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

d8277ea

Parents:

0c012ac

Message:

Add user lfs to group lfs (fixes bug #856)

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3820 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Files:

• chapter01/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter04/addinguser.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -77 +77 @@
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter04 - addinguser.  Make the lfs user
+a member of the lfs group, in case hosts add a new user to a non-existent gid by
+default (which causes the glibc testsuite to fail). Fixes bug #856.</para>
+</listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter07 - console &amp; chapter 08 -
 kernel.  Improved wording and re-introduced the option for compiling the keymap

chapter04/addinguser.xml

@@ -12 +12 @@
 build the packages in this chapter as an unprivileged user. You could
 of course use your own user name, but to make it easier to set up a clean
-work environment we'll create a new user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> and
+work environment we'll create a new user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> as a
+member of a new group (also named <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>) and
 use this one during the installation process. As <emphasis>root</emphasis>,
-issue the following command to add the new user:</para>
+issue the following commands to add the new user:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>useradd -s /bin/bash -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>groupadd lfs
+useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>The meaning of the switches:</para>
@@ -26 +28 @@
 <command>bash</command> the default shell for user
 <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><parameter>-g lfs</parameter></term>
+<listitem><para>This adds user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> to group
+<emphasis>lfs</emphasis></para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>