Thomas Trepl wrote these words on 03/04/08 16:27 CST: > as promised, here two patches to upgrade portmap and nfsutils. The nfsutils > patch is just a version upgrade, install command etc are all the same. Works > fine for weeks here (both packages in the actual versions). > The portmap thing is an version upgrade and a modification of the download > location. I also added a short note about the uid used in portmap. > > If accepted, the tickets 2387 and 2388 can be closed. > > - <para>Portmap runs as a daemon with a uid of 1. This uid is not > - configurable. To set up a user to match this uid, as the > - <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, run:</para> > + <para>Portmap runs as a daemon with a uid of 1. This uid is only > configurable > + at compile time. We are going to use this default. To set up a user to > match > + this uid, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, > run:</para>
A couple of things. Try to avoid using "we" in the book, there's really few times it is necessary. For example, instead of the above you could say "This uid is only configurable at compile time and is used as the default". Also, instead of the "run" at the end it may be preferable to use "issue". This is just a personal preference of mine, and is not cut in stone. > + <para>If you want portman run with another uid/gid, then pass the options > + DAEMON_UID=x and DAEMON_GID=y to the above make: A bit smoother may be: "If you want the portman daemon to use a uid/gid other than the defaults, pass DAEMON_UID=x and DAEMON_GID=y as shown below:" -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.22] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 09:25:00 up 18 days, 1:10, 1 user, load average: 0.34, 0.21, 0.18 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
