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  1. <sect1 id="ch06-pwdgroup">
  2. <title>Creating the passwd and group files</title>
  3. <?dbhtml filename="pwdgroup.html" dir="chapter06"?>
  4. <para>In order for <emphasis>root</emphasis> to be able to login and for the
  5. name "root" to be recognized, there need to be relevant entries in the
  6. <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files.</para>
  7. <para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the following
  8. command:</para>
  9. <screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/passwd &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
  10. root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
  11. <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
  12. <para>The actual password for <emphasis>root</emphasis> (the "x" here is just a
  13. placeholder) will be set later.</para>
  14. <para>Create the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file by running the following
  15. command:</para>
  16. <screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/group &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
  17. root:x:0:
  18. bin:x:1:
  19. sys:x:2:
  20. kmem:x:3:
  21. tty:x:4:
  22. tape:x:5:
  23. daemon:x:6:
  24. floppy:x:7:
  25. disk:x:8:
  26. lp:x:9:
  27. dialout:x:10:
  28. audio:x:11:
  29. <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
  30. <para>The created groups aren't part of any standard -- they are the groups
  31. that the MAKEDEV script in the next section uses. Besides the group "root", the
  32. LSB (<ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only a group "bin",
  33. with a GID of 1, be present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen
  34. freely by the user, as well-written packages don't depend on GID numbers but
  35. use the group's name.</para>
  36. <para>Lastly, we re-login to the chroot environment. User name and group name
  37. resolution will start working immediately after the
  38. <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files are
  39. created, because we installed a full Glibc in Chapter 5. This will get rid of
  40. the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt.</para>
  41. <screen><userinput>exec /tools/bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
  42. </sect1>