Changeset f4c628c for chapter05/coreutils.xml

Timestamp:

04/03/2007 12:21:48 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@…>

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Children:

9e85ca2

Parents:

85d8df5

Message:

Install su from coreutils in chapter 5 as su-tools. Use su-tools to run test suites from coreutils and bash as user nobody. Fixes #1877

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8006 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter05/coreutils.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter05/coreutils.xml

@@ -57 +57 @@
 <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>The above command refuses to install <filename>su</filename>
+    because it cannot install it setuid root as a non-privileged user. By
+    manually installing it with a different name, we can use it for running
+    tests in the final system as a non-privileged user and we keep a possibly
+    useful <command>su</command> from our host first place in our PATH. Install
+    it with:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>cp -v src/su /tools/bin/su-tools</userinput></screen>
+
   </sect2>