Changeset c1f1c70 for boot


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Timestamp:
Feb 21, 2006, 2:17:51 AM (18 years ago)
Author:
Jim Gifford <clfs@…>
Children:
780c204
Parents:
141a662
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r1112@server (orig r1110): chris | 2006-01-30 11:07:11 -0800
Moved note in boot section about running the rest of the book as root to populating LFS/dev since the devices must be created as root.

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boot/common
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  • boot/common/changingowner.xml

    r141a662 rc1f1c70  
    1111  <title>Changing Ownership</title>
    1212
    13   <note os="a">
    14     <para>From now on, all commands in the rest of the book will be run as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.</para>
    15   </note>
    16 
    17   <para os="b">Currently, the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>
     13  <para os="a">Currently, the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>
    1814  directory, <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename> directory, and
    1915  <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> directory are owned
    2016  by the user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem>,
    21   a user that exists only on the host system. For security reasons, the $LFS root directory and all of it subdirectories should be owned by <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. Change the ownership for $LFS and its subdirectories by running these commands:</para>
     17  a user that exists only on the host system. For security reasons, the
     18  $LFS root directory and all of it subdirectories should be owned by
     19  <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. Change the ownership for $LFS and its subdirectories by running these commands:</para>
    2220
    2321<screen><userinput>chown root:root ${LFS}
    2422chown -R root:root $LFS/{bin,boot,dev,etc,home,lib,media,mnt,opt,proc,root,sbin,srv,sys,tmp,usr,var}</userinput></screen>
    2523
    26   <para os="c">The same issue also exists with <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> and <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>. Although these directories can be deleted once the
     24  <para os="b">The same issue also exists with <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> and <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>. Although these directories can be deleted once the
    2725  LFS system has been finished, they can be retained to build additional
    2826  LFS systems. If the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> and <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>
     
    3331  thus exposing these files to possible malicious manipulation.</para>
    3432
    35   <para os="d">To avoid this issue, add the <systemitem
     33  <para os="c">To avoid this issue, add the <systemitem
    3634  class="username">lfs</systemitem> user to the new LFS system later when
    3735  creating the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file, taking care to assign
  • boot/common/devices.xml

    r141a662 rc1f1c70  
    1818    <title>Creating Initial Device Nodes</title>
    1919
    20     <para os="a">When the kernel boots the system, it requires the presence
     20    <note os="a">
     21      <para>The commands in the remainder of the book should be run as
     22      the<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user. Also,
     23      double-check that $LFS is set as root.</para>
     24    </note>
     25
     26    <para os="b">When the kernel boots the system, it requires the presence
    2127    of a few device nodes, in particular the <filename
    2228    class="devicefile">console</filename> and <filename
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