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Remove the nobody user and group.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2876 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Greg Schafer 22 years ago
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      chapter01/changelog.xml
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      chapter06/pwdgroup.xml

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chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -345,9 +345,6 @@ for GCC 3.3.1 with respect to the fixincludes process.  Also added extra
 verbiage to the locking-in and GCC pass 2 pages on the fixincludes
 verbiage to the locking-in and GCC pass 2 pages on the fixincludes
 process.</para></listitem>
 process.</para></listitem>
 
 
-<listitem><para>August 31, 2003 [jeremy] - Added user nobody to 
-passwd and group files, so coreutils tests will pass.</para></listitem>
-
 <listitem><para>August 31st, 2003 [alex]: Reworded some paragraphs, added
 <listitem><para>August 31st, 2003 [alex]: Reworded some paragraphs, added
 missing markup, and rearranged the changelog.</para></listitem>
 missing markup, and rearranged the changelog.</para></listitem>
 
 

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chapter06/pwdgroup.xml

@@ -4,16 +4,13 @@
 
 
 <para>In order for <emphasis>root</emphasis> to be able to login and for the 
 <para>In order for <emphasis>root</emphasis> to be able to login and for the 
 name "root" to be recognized, there need to be relevant entries in the 
 name "root" to be recognized, there need to be relevant entries in the 
-<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files. 
-Also, to support one of the coreutils tests, we will also create the user and 
-group nobody, which is almost universally present on Linux computers.</para>
+<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files.</para>
 
 
 <para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the following 
 <para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the following 
 command:</para>
 command:</para>
 
 
 <para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/passwd &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
 <para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/passwd &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
 root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
 root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
-nobody:x:1000:1000:nobody:/:/bin/bash
 <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
 <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
 
 
 <para>The actual password for <emphasis>root</emphasis> (the "x" here is just a 
 <para>The actual password for <emphasis>root</emphasis> (the "x" here is just a 
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@ disk:x:8:
 lp:x:9:
 lp:x:9:
 dialout:x:10:
 dialout:x:10:
 audio:x:11:
 audio:x:11:
-nobody:x:1000:
 <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
 <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
 
 
 <para>The created groups aren't part of any standard -- they are the groups 
 <para>The created groups aren't part of any standard -- they are the groups