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<title>Creating Directories</title>
<para>It is time to create the full structure in the LFS file system.</para>
<para>It is time to create the full directory structure in the LFS file system.</para>
<note><para>Some of the directories mentioned in this section may be
already created earlier with explicit instructions or when installing some
<note><para>Some of the directories mentioned in this section may have
already been created earlier with explicit instructions, or when installing some
packages. They are repeated below for completeness.</para></note>
<para>Create some root-level directories that are not in the limited set
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install -dv -m 1777 /tmp /var/tmp</userinput></screen>
<para>Directories are, by default, created with permission mode 755, but
this is not desirable for all directories. In the commands above, two
this is not desirable everywhere. In the commands above, two
changes are made&mdash;one to the home directory of user <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem>, and another to the directories for
temporary files.</para>
<para>The first mode change ensures that not just anybody can enter
the <filename class="directory">/root</filename> directory&mdash;the
same as a normal user would do with his or her home directory. The
the <filename class="directory">/root</filename> directory&mdash;just
like a normal user would do with his or her own home directory. The
second mode change makes sure that any user can write to the
<filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> and <filename
class="directory">/var/tmp</filename> directories, but cannot remove
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<sect2>
<title>FHS Compliance Note</title>
<para>The directory tree is based on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
<para>This directory tree is based on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
(FHS) (available at <ulink
url="https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/fhs.shtml"/>). The FHS also specifies
the optional existence of some directories such as <filename
the optional existence of additional directories such as <filename
class="directory">/usr/local/games</filename> and <filename
class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>. We create only the
directories that are needed. However, feel free to create these
directories. </para>
class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>. In LFS, we create only the
directories that are really necessary. However, feel free to create more
directories, if you wish. </para>
</sect2>