Add user lfs to group lfs (fixes bug #856)

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Matthew Burgess 2004-06-19 20:48:04 +00:00
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<listitem><para>June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter04 - addinguser. Make the lfs user
a member of the lfs group, in case hosts add a new user to a non-existent gid by
default (which causes the glibc testsuite to fail). Fixes bug #856.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>June 19, 2004 [matt]: chapter07 - console &amp; chapter 08 -
kernel. Improved wording and re-introduced the option for compiling the keymap
directly into the kernel.</para></listitem>

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can damage or even wreck your system. Therefore we recommend that you
build the packages in this chapter as an unprivileged user. You could
of course use your own user name, but to make it easier to set up a clean
work environment we'll create a new user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> and
work environment we'll create a new user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> as a
member of a new group (also named <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>) and
use this one during the installation process. As <emphasis>root</emphasis>,
issue the following command to add the new user:</para>
issue the following commands to add the new user:</para>
<screen><userinput>useradd -s /bin/bash -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput>groupadd lfs
useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
<para>The meaning of the switches:</para>
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<emphasis>lfs</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>-g lfs</parameter></term>
<listitem><para>This adds user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> to group
<emphasis>lfs</emphasis></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>-m</parameter></term>
<listitem><para>This creates a home