Author: manuel
Date: 2006-04-23 03:00:37 -0600 (Sun, 23 Apr 2006)
New Revision: 7565
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter05/changingowner.xml
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
Log:
Fixed command to change /tools ownewrship. Resolves ticket #1780.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2006-04-22 12:21:24 UTC (rev 7564)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2006-04-23 09:00:37 UTC (rev 7565)
@@ -37,11 +37,22 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>April 23, 2006</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[manuel] - Fixed command to change $LFS/tools
+ ownewrship. Resolves ticket #1780.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>April 22, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>[manuel] - Revised again the Host System Requirements page
- wording and look. Thanks to Bruce Dubbs for the patch.</para>
+ wording and look. Thanks to Bruce Dubbs for the patch. Resolves
+ ticket #1779.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter05/changingowner.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter05/changingowner.xml 2006-04-22 12:21:24 UTC (rev
7564)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter05/changingowner.xml 2006-04-23 09:00:37 UTC (rev
7565)
@@ -18,29 +18,29 @@
class="username">root</systemitem>'s environment.</para>
</note>
- <para>Currently, the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory
+ <para>Currently, the <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename>
directory
is owned by the user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem>, a user
that exists only on the host system. If the <filename
- class="directory">/tools</filename> directory is kept as is, the files are
+ class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory is kept as is, the files
are
owned by a user ID without a corresponding account. This is dangerous because
a user account created later could get this same user ID and would own the
- <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory and all the files
+ <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory and all the files
therein, thus exposing these files to possible malicious manipulation.</para>
<para>To avoid this issue, you could add the <systemitem
class="username">lfs</systemitem> user to the new LFS system later when
creating the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file, taking care to assign it
the same user and group IDs as on the host system. Better yet, change the
- ownership of the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory to
+ ownership of the <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory
to
user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> by running the following
command:</para>
-<screen><userinput>chown -R root:root /tools</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>chown -R root:root $LFS/tools</userinput></screen>
- <para>Although the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory
can
- be deleted once the LFS system has been finished, it can be retained to build
+ <para>Although the <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename>
directory
+ can be deleted once the LFS system has been finished, it can be retained to
build
additional LFS systems <emphasis>of the same book version</emphasis>. How
best
- to backup <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> is a matter of
+ to backup <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> is a matter of
personal preference and is left as an exercise for the reader.</para>
</sect1>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2006-04-22 12:21:24 UTC (rev 7564)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2006-04-23 09:00:37 UTC (rev 7565)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060422">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "April 22, 2006">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060423">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "April 23, 2006">
<!ENTITY milestone "6.2">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or
"x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
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