Changeset 66e4325 for chapter05/adding-user.xml

Timestamp:

06/03/2003 10:25:25 PM (21 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

Branches:

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Children:

592cfd6

Parents:

8f999de5

Message:

Applied Alex' "apapting-the-text.patch" patch

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2639 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter05/adding-user.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter05/adding-user.xml

@@ -3 +3 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="addinguser.html" dir="chapter05"?>
 
-<para>If you are logged in as <emphasis>root</emphasis> during Chapter 5,
-your host system can be damaged by a single mistake. We recommend that
-you build the packages in Chapter 5 as an unprivileged user. You could use
-your own user name, but to ensure a clean build environment, we'll create a
-new user: <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>. As <emphasis>root</emphasis>, issue
-the following commands to add the new user:</para>
+<para>When logged in as <emphasis>root</emphasis>, making a single mistake
+can damage or even wreck your system. Therefore we recommend that you
+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
+use this one during the installation process. As <emphasis>root</emphasis>,
+issue the following commands to add the new user:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>useradd -s /bin/bash -m lfs
 passwd lfs</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>In order to grant ownership of the <filename>$LFS/stage1</filename>
-directory to the user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>, issue the command:</para>
+<para>Now grant this new user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> full access to
+<filename class="directory">$LFS/stage1</filename> by giving it ownership
+of the directory:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>chown lfs $LFS/stage1</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>Next, login as user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>. This can be accomplished
-via a virtual console, display manager or with the substitute user
-command:</para>
+<para>Next, login as user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>. This can be done via a
+virtual console, through a display manager, or with the following substitute
+user command:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>su - lfs</userinput></screen></para>