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<sect1 id="ch-tools-creatingdirs">
<?dbhtml filename="creatingdirs.html"?>
<title>Creating Directories</title>
<para>It is time to create the full structure in the LFS file system.</para>
<para>Create some root-level directories that are not in the limited set
required in the previous chapters by issuing the following command:</para>
<note><para>Some of the directories below have already been created earlier
with explicit instructions or when installing some packages. They are
repeated below for completeness.</para></note>
<screen><userinput>mkdir -pv /{boot,home,mnt,opt,srv}</userinput></screen>
<para>Create the required set of subdirectories below the root-level by
issuing the following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>mkdir -pv /etc/{opt,sysconfig}
mkdir -pv /lib/firmware
mkdir -pv /media/{floppy,cdrom}
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}{bin,include,lib,sbin,src}
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/{color,dict,doc,info,locale,man}
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/man/man{1..8}
mkdir -pv /var/{cache,local,log,mail,opt,spool}
mkdir -pv /var/lib/{color,misc,locate}
ln -sfv /run /var/run
ln -sfv /run/lock /var/lock
install -dv -m 0750 /root
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
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
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
another user's files from them. The latter is prohibited by the so-called
<quote>sticky bit,</quote> the highest bit (1) in the 1777 bit mask.</para>
<sect2>
<title>FHS Compliance Note</title>
<para>The 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
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>
</sect2>
</sect1>