On December 31, 2019, at 22:05, Alan Feuerbacher <[email protected]> wrote:
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>On 12/31/2019 6:24 PM, Flareon Zulu wrote:
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>On December 31, 2019, at 18:15, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>On 12/31/19 4:47 PM, Alan Feuerbacher wrote:
>>> Another question on building LFS Version 20191222-systemd:
>>> In Section "5.37. Changing Ownership" there's a Note:
>>>
>>> "The commands in the remainder of this book must be performed while
>>> logged in as user root and no longer as user lfs. Also, double check
>>> that $LFS is set in root's environment."
>>>
>>> At this point in the build process I'm logged in as user lfs, having
>>> done so with "su - lfs" back in Section "4.3. Adding the LFS User".
>>> I could "exit" and get back to whatever user I was, and then do
>>> "su - root" or "su root" or perhaps something else.
>>>
>>> How do you recommend logging in now as user root?
>>>
>>> Sorry, I'm not fully confident that I know how a shell versus a
>>> login shell plays in the LFS environment.
>>Use 'exit' to return to the previous user. You will need to change to
>>the root user if you are not already there in order to do some
>>preliminary work. Then in Section 6.4 you will enter chroot (only root
>>can run that) and will be the root user there. Being in chroot should
>>be apparent from the '(lfs chroot)' part of the prompt.
>>To exit chroot, again use 'exit', but you will not need to do that until
>>you finish the book.
>>Note the the difference between a login shell and a non-login shell is
>>the initialization scripts that are run. See the bash man page for
>>details in the INVOCATION section.
>> -- Bruce
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>Mr. Bruce, he was asking about the specific command to use, not just about the
>shell. Though Mr. Alan should be looking these things up before coming to the
>support list, as otherwise there may never be any learning.
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>If you actually read what I wrote, you'd have seen that I have indeed
>carefully looked things up for myself.
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>But some things are not written clearly -- which is why I asked for help in
>understanding.
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>To make my request perfectly clear, in the section 5.37 of the LFS book, how
>does one properly login to root? With "su root" or "su - root"? The book does
>not say. And since I'm fooling with LFS in order to learn these things, I want
>enough information to get real understanding -- not just a
>monkey-see-monkey-do answer.
>
>Alan
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Have you tried "man su" yet? Because I think everyone expects you to do that.
Before we devolve into utter flaming madness, please?
Flareon
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