Changeset ef13657 for chapter06/creatingdirs.xml

Timestamp:

08/08/2004 02:11:09 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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6.0

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5ba3d1d

Parents:

6e41459

Message:

Completed global edits for upcoming 6.0 release

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• chapter06/creatingdirs.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter06/creatingdirs.xml

@@ -8 +8 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="creatingdirs.html"?>
 
-<para>Let's now create some structure in our LFS file system. Let's create
-a directory tree. Issuing the following commands will create a more or less
+<para>It is time to create some structure in the LFS file system.
+Create a directory tree. Issuing the following commands will create a
 standard tree:</para>
  
@@ -32 +32 @@
 install -d /opt/{lib,man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}}</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Directories are, by default, created with permission mode 755, but this
-isn't desirable for all directories. In the commands above, we make two changes:
-one to the home directory of <emphasis>root</emphasis>, and another to the
-directories for temporary files.</para>
+<para>Directories are, by default, created with permission mode 755,
+but this is not desirable for all directories. In the commands above,
+two changes are made -- one to the home directory of user
+<emphasis>root</emphasis>, and another to the directories for
+temporary files.</para>
 
-<para>The first mode change ensures that not just anybody can enter the
-<filename class="directory">/root</filename> directory -- the same
-as a normal user would do with his or her home directory.
-The second mode change makes sure that any user can write to the
-<filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> and
-<filename class="directory">/var/tmp</filename> directories, but
-cannot remove other users' files from them. The latter is prohibited
-by the so-called <quote>sticky bit</quote> -- the highest bit in the 1777 bit
-mask.</para>
+<para>The first mode change ensures that not just anybody can enter
+the <filename class="directory">/root</filename> directory -- the same
+as a normal user would do with his or her home directory. The second
+mode change makes sure that any user can write to the <filename
+class="directory">/tmp</filename> and <filename
+class="directory">/var/tmp</filename> directories, but cannot remove
+other users' files from them. The latter is prohibited by the
+so-called <quote>sticky bit,</quote> the highest bit (1) in the 1777
+bit mask.</para>
 
 <sect2>
 <title>FHS compliance note</title>
 
-<para>We have based our directory tree on the FHS standard (available at
-<ulink url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/"/>). Besides the above created
-tree this standard stipulates the existence of
-<filename class="directory">/usr/local/games</filename> and
-<filename class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>, but we don't
-much like these for a base system. However, feel free to make your system
-FHS-compliant. As to the structure of the
-<filename class="directory">/usr/local/share</filename> subdirectory, the FHS
-isn't precise, so we created here the directories that we think are needed.</para>
+<para>The directory tree is based on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
+(FHS) standard (available at <ulink
+url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/"/>). Besides the tree created above,
+this standard stipulates the existence of <filename
+class="directory">/usr/local/games</filename> and <filename
+class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>.  We do not recommend
+these for a base system, however, feel free to make the system
+FHS-compliant.  The FHS is not precise as to the structure of the
+<filename class="directory">/usr/local/share</filename> subdirectory,
+so we just created the directories that are needed.</para>
 
 </sect2>
 
 </sect1>
+