diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index d2f6861cc..d53fa8d60 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,12 +36,23 @@
-->
+
+ April 23, 2006
+
+
+ [manuel] - Fixed command to change $LFS/tools
+ ownewrship. Resolves ticket #1780.
+
+
+
+
April 22, 2006
[manuel] - Revised again the Host System Requirements page
- wording and look. Thanks to Bruce Dubbs for the patch.
+ wording and look. Thanks to Bruce Dubbs for the patch. Resolves
+ ticket #1779.
diff --git a/chapter05/changingowner.xml b/chapter05/changingowner.xml
index b80ebb1b4..c3d6306cc 100644
--- a/chapter05/changingowner.xml
+++ b/chapter05/changingowner.xml
@@ -18,29 +18,29 @@
class="username">root's environment.
- Currently, the /tools directory
+ Currently, the $LFS/tools directory
is owned by the user lfs, a user
that exists only on the host system. If the /tools directory is kept as is, the files are
+ class="directory">$LFS/tools directory is kept as is, the files are
owned by a user ID without a corresponding account. This is dangerous because
a user account created later could get this same user ID and would own the
- /tools directory and all the files
+ $LFS/tools directory and all the files
therein, thus exposing these files to possible malicious manipulation.
To avoid this issue, you could add the lfs user to the new LFS system later when
creating the /etc/passwd file, taking care to assign it
the same user and group IDs as on the host system. Better yet, change the
- ownership of the /tools directory to
+ ownership of the $LFS/tools directory to
user root by running the following
command:
-chown -R root:root /tools
+chown -R root:root $LFS/tools
- Although the /tools directory can
- be deleted once the LFS system has been finished, it can be retained to build
+ Although the $LFS/tools directory
+ can be deleted once the LFS system has been finished, it can be retained to build
additional LFS systems of the same book version. How best
- to backup /tools is a matter of
+ to backup $LFS/tools is a matter of
personal preference and is left as an exercise for the reader.
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 9e9d61977..e5384a00b 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-
-
+
+