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Remove the nobody user and group.

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git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2876 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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Greg Schafer 2003-09-24 10:26:20 +00:00
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chapter01/changelog.xml
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@ -345,9 +345,6 @@ for GCC 3.3.1 with respect to the fixincludes process. Also added extra
verbiage to the locking-in and GCC pass 2 pages on the fixincludes
process.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>August 31, 2003 [jeremy] - Added user nobody to
passwd and group files, so coreutils tests will pass.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>August 31st, 2003 [alex]: Reworded some paragraphs, added
missing markup, and rearranged the changelog.</para></listitem>

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chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
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@ -4,16 +4,13 @@
<para>In order for <emphasis>root</emphasis> to be able to login and for the
name "root" to be recognized, there need to be relevant entries in the
<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files.
Also, to support one of the coreutils tests, we will also create the user and
group nobody, which is almost universally present on Linux computers.</para>
<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files.</para>
<para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the following
command:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/passwd &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
nobody:x:1000:1000:nobody:/:/bin/bash
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The actual password for <emphasis>root</emphasis> (the "x" here is just a
@ -35,7 +32,6 @@ disk:x:8:
lp:x:9:
dialout:x:10:
audio:x:11:
nobody:x:1000:
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The created groups aren't part of any standard -- they are the groups