On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote:
> Before you boot the new system, I don't think you have much choice. > Actually, I _suppose_ you could add your normal user (in fact, doing > that before booting _is_ a good idea, then if all goes well you can > log in as a user when the system boots), but then that user will > need a writable directory, and you will have to su to the user, and > then back to root for the install - that does not seem particularly > beneficial. > > For BLFS, we encourage a separation of what a normal user can do, > and what has to be done as root. That does not mean that all of us > "obey" that - I am aware of various methods to build as a user, and > then install as root, and when I last overhauled my own scripts I > tried doing that, but I did not consider that it was beneficial (I > like to leave my main scripts (e.g. build xorg, or build gtk > toolkits with teir deps, or build firefox with its av deps) running, > which can take more than an hour on a slow machine - and having to > enter a password because sudo has timed out is painful. > > Security is an interesting game. Building as a user certainly > limits your scope to cause damage, but if you have come to LFS then > you already own the box. Backups are always good. > > Summary: it's your system, you will have to maintain it - do > whatever suits you. > > And thanks for bottom-posting. > > ĸen > uh-ohhhhh. I installed lynx with no problems. Then I unpacked gpm, ran cd into the gpm directory, and then the terminal froze. I couldn't <enter> nor ^C. I shut the terminal down and then started another one and now I can't ssh into the lfs box. What in the world! I just restarted the lfs box and then ran 'ip addr show' and it says the ip address isn't what it was. It was 192.168.0.14 but now it is 169.254.11.37/16 . Two questions, Why did it change from one private address to another. I'm thinking I'm going to need to start over from the beginning; is that so? Well, I guess three questions: How could I ssh into this network or else reassign the ip to something in the 192.168.x.y range
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