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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" |
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ |
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
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5 | %general-entities; |
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6 | ]> |
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7 | |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-boot-pwdgroup"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="pwdgroup.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Creating the passwd, group, and log Files</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-boot-pwdgroup"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="e-${CLFS}/etc/passwd">${CLFS}/etc/passwd</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <indexterm zone="ch-boot-pwdgroup"> |
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18 | <primary sortas="e-${CLFS}/etc/group">${CLFS}/etc/group</primary> |
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19 | </indexterm> |
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20 | |
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21 | <indexterm zone="ch-boot-pwdgroup"> |
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22 | <primary sortas="e-${CLFS}/var/run/utmp">${CLFS}/var/run/utmp</primary> |
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23 | </indexterm> |
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24 | |
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25 | <indexterm zone="ch-boot-pwdgroup"> |
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26 | <primary sortas="e-${CLFS}/var/log/btmp">${CLFS}/var/log/btmp</primary> |
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27 | </indexterm> |
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28 | |
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29 | <indexterm zone="ch-boot-pwdgroup"> |
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30 | <primary sortas="e-${CLFS}/var/log/lastlog">${CLFS}/var/log/lastlog</primary> |
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31 | </indexterm> |
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32 | |
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33 | <indexterm zone="ch-boot-pwdgroup"> |
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34 | <primary sortas="e-${CLFS}/var/log/wtmp">${CLFS}/var/log/wtmp</primary> |
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35 | </indexterm> |
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36 | |
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37 | <para>In order for user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to |
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38 | be able to login and for the name <quote>root</quote> to be recognized, |
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39 | there must be relevant entries in the <filename>${CLFS}/etc/passwd</filename> |
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40 | and <filename>${CLFS}/etc/group</filename> files.</para> |
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41 | |
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42 | <para>Create the <filename>${CLFS}/etc/passwd</filename> file by running |
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43 | the following command:</para> |
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44 | |
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45 | <screen><userinput>cat > ${CLFS}/etc/passwd << "EOF" |
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46 | <literal>root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash</literal> |
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47 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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48 | |
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49 | <para os="a">The actual password for <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> |
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50 | (the <quote>x</quote> used here is just a placeholder) will be set |
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51 | later.</para> |
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52 | |
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53 | <para>Create the <filename>${CLFS}/etc/group</filename> file by running |
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54 | the following command:</para> |
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55 | |
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56 | <screen><userinput>cat > ${CLFS}/etc/group << "EOF" |
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57 | <literal>root:x:0: |
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58 | bin:x:1: |
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59 | sys:x:2: |
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60 | kmem:x:3: |
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61 | tty:x:4: |
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62 | tape:x:5: |
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63 | daemon:x:6: |
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64 | floppy:x:7: |
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65 | disk:x:8: |
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66 | lp:x:9: |
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67 | dialout:x:10: |
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68 | audio:x:11: |
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69 | video:x:12: |
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70 | utmp:x:13: |
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71 | usb:x:14: |
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72 | cdrom:x:15:</literal> |
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73 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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74 | |
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75 | <variablelist os="c"> |
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76 | |
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77 | <title>Additional groups you may want to add</title> |
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78 | |
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79 | <varlistentry> |
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80 | <term><literal>adm:x:16:root,adm,daemon</literal></term> |
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81 | <listitem> |
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82 | <para>To be written</para> |
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83 | </listitem> |
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84 | </varlistentry> |
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85 | <varlistentry> |
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86 | <term><literal>console:x:17:</literal></term> |
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87 | <listitem> |
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88 | <para>To be written</para> |
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89 | </listitem> |
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90 | </varlistentry> |
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91 | <varlistentry> |
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92 | <term><literal>cdrw:x:18:</literal></term> |
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93 | <listitem> |
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94 | <para>To be written</para> |
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95 | </listitem> |
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96 | </varlistentry> |
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97 | <varlistentry> |
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98 | <term><literal>mail:x:30:mail</literal></term> |
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99 | <listitem> |
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100 | <para>Used by MTAs (Mail Transport Agents)</para> |
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101 | </listitem> |
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102 | </varlistentry> |
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103 | <varlistentry> |
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104 | <term><literal>news:x:31:news</literal></term> |
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105 | <listitem> |
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106 | <para>To be written</para> |
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107 | </listitem> |
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108 | </varlistentry> |
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109 | <varlistentry> |
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110 | <term><literal>uucp:x:32:uucp</literal></term> |
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111 | <listitem> |
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112 | <para>To be written</para> |
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113 | </listitem> |
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114 | </varlistentry> |
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115 | <varlistentry> |
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116 | <term><literal>users:x:100:</literal></term> |
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117 | <listitem> |
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118 | <para>To be written</para> |
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119 | </listitem> |
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120 | </varlistentry> |
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121 | <varlistentry> |
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122 | <term><literal>nogroup:x:65533:</literal></term> |
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123 | <listitem> |
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124 | <para>To be written</para> |
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125 | </listitem> |
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126 | </varlistentry> |
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127 | <varlistentry> |
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128 | <term><literal>nobody:x:65534:</literal></term> |
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129 | <listitem> |
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130 | <para>To be written</para> |
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131 | </listitem> |
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132 | </varlistentry> |
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133 | </variablelist> |
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134 | |
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135 | <para os="d">The created groups are not part of any standard—they are |
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136 | groups decided on in part by the requirements of the Udev configuration |
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137 | in the final system, and in part by common convention employed by a |
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138 | number of existing Linux distributions. The Linux Standard Base (LSB, |
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139 | available at <ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only |
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140 | that, besides the group <quote>root</quote> with a Group ID (GID) of 0, |
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141 | a group <quote>bin</quote> with a GID of 1 be present. All other group |
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142 | names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system administrator since |
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143 | well-written programs do not depend on GID numbers, but rather use the |
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144 | group's name.</para> |
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145 | |
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146 | <para os="e">The <command>login</command>, <command>agetty</command>, and |
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147 | <command>init</command> programs (and others) use a number of log |
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148 | files to record information such as who was logged into the system and |
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149 | when. However, these programs will not write to the log files if they |
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150 | do not already exist. Initialize the log files and give them |
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151 | proper permissions:</para> |
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152 | |
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153 | <screen><userinput>touch ${CLFS}/var/run/utmp ${CLFS}/var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp} |
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154 | chmod -v 664 ${CLFS}/var/run/utmp ${CLFS}/var/log/lastlog |
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155 | chmod -v 600 ${CLFS}/var/log/btmp</userinput></screen> |
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156 | |
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157 | <para>The <filename>${CLFS}/var/run/utmp</filename> file records the users |
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158 | that are currently logged in. The <filename>${CLFS}/var/log/wtmp</filename> |
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159 | file records all logins and logouts. The |
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160 | <filename>${CLFS}/var/log/lastlog</filename> file records when |
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161 | each user last logged in. The <filename>${CLFS}/var/log/btmp</filename> file |
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162 | records the bad login attempts.</para> |
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163 | |
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164 | </sect1> |
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