Changeset aa9ade1 for chapter04/addinguser.xml

Timestamp:

09/29/2022 10:26:52 AM (19 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

a243b36b

Parents:

199d14c

Message:

more clarification of "log in as lfs user"

And, don't recommended to "log in as lfs through a DM" anymore: if you
log in through a DM then start a terminal emulator, the first shell in
the emulator is often a non-login shell. It's not something we expect.

File:

• chapter04/addinguser.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter04/addinguser.xml

@@ -69 +69 @@
   </variablelist>
 
-  <para>To enable logging in as <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> (as opposed
-  to switching to user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> when logged
-  in as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, which does not require
-  the <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> user to have a password),
-  give <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> a password:</para>
+  <para>If you want to log in as &lfs-user; or switch to &lfs-user; from a
+  non-&root; user (as opposed to switching to user &lfs-user;
+  when logged in as &root;, which does not require the &lfs-user; user to
+  have a password), you need to set a password of &lfs-user;.  Issue the
+  following command as the &root; user to set the password:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>passwd lfs</userinput></screen>
@@ -91 +91 @@
   <command>fg</command> command will fix the issue.</para></note>
 
-  <para>Next, login as user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem>.
-  This can be done via a virtual console, through a display manager, or with
-  the following substitute/switch user command:</para>
+  <para>Next, start a shell running as user &lfs-user;. This can be done by
+  logging in as &lfs-user; on a virtual console, or with the following
+  substitute/switch user command:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>su - lfs</userinput></screen>