Changeset 5ff21a4

Timestamp:

01/14/2022 12:28:30 AM (2 years ago)

Author:

Douglas R. Reno <renodr@…>

Branches:

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, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, 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:

aa95507, ade3efa

Parents:

194e133 (diff), 7fba075 (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
Use the (diff) links above to see all the changes relative to each parent.

Message:

Merge branch 'trunk' of git.linuxfromscratch.org:lfs into trunk

Files:

• chapter07/cleanup.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter08/shadow.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

chapter07/cleanup.xml

@@ -131 +131 @@
 tar -cJpf $HOME/lfs-temp-tools-&version;.tar.xz .</userinput></screen>
 
+    <note>
+      <para>
+        If continuing to chapter 8, don't forget to reenter the chroot
+        environment as explained in the <quote>Important</quote> box below.
+      </para>
+    </note>
+
   </sect2>
 

chapter08/shadow.xml

@@ -144 +144 @@
 
     <screen><userinput remap="install">make exec_prefix=/usr install
-make -C man install-man
-mkdir -p /etc/default
-useradd -D --gid 999</userinput></screen>
+make -C man install-man</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -175 +173 @@
 <screen><userinput>grpconv</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Shadow's stock configuration for the <command>useradd</command>
+    <para>Shadow's default configuration for the <command>useradd</command>
     utility has a few caveats that need some explanation. First, the default
     action for the <command>useradd</command> utility is to create the user and
@@ -182 +180 @@
     parameters to <command>useradd</command>, each user will be a member of a
     unique group on the system. If this behavior is undesirable, you'll need
-    to pass the <parameter>-g</parameter> parameter to
-    <command>useradd</command>. The default parameters are stored in the
-    <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> file. You may need to modify two
-    parameters in this file to suit your particular needs.</para>
+    to pass one of the <parameter>-g</parameter> or <parameter>-N</parameter>
+    parameter to <command>useradd</command> or to change the setting of
+    <parameter>USERGROUPS_ENAB</parameter> in
+    <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>. See <filename>useradd(8)</filename>
+    for more information.</para>
+
+    <para>Second, to change the default parameters, the file
+    <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> needs to be created and taylored
+    to suit your particular needs. Create it with:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -p /etc/default
+useradd -D --gid 999</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
@@ -191 +197 @@
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>GROUP=1000</parameter></term>
+        <term><parameter>GROUP=999</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>This parameter sets the beginning of the group numbers used in
-          the /etc/group file. You can modify it to anything you desire. Note
-          that <command>useradd</command> will never reuse a UID or GID. If the
-          number identified in this parameter is used, it will use the next
-          available number after this. Note also that if you don't have a group
-          1000 on your system the first time you use <command>useradd</command>
-          without the <parameter>-g</parameter> parameter, you'll get a message
-          displayed on the terminal that says:
-          <computeroutput>useradd: unknown GID 1000</computeroutput>. You may
-          disregard this message and group number 1000 will be used.</para>
+          the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file. The particular value 999
+          comes from the <parameter>--gid</parameter> parameter above.  You can
+          modify it to anything you desire.
+
+          Note that <command>useradd</command> will never reuse a UID or GID.
+          If the number identified in this parameter is used, it will use the
+          next available number. Note also that if you don't have a group with
+          an ID equal to this number on your system the first time you use
+          <command>useradd</command> without the <parameter>-g</parameter>
+          parameter, you will get a message displayed on the terminal that
+          says: <computeroutput>useradd: unknown GID 999</computeroutput>,
+          although the account is correctly created. That is why we have
+          created the group <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem>
+          with this group ID in <xref linkend='ch-tools-createfiles'/>.</para>
+
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -216 +228 @@
           command:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/yes/no/' /etc/default/useradd</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>sed -i '/MAIL/s/yes/no/' /etc/default/useradd</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
     </variablelist>
-
 
   </sect2>