| 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354 | <sect1 id="ch06-pwdgroup"><title>Creating the passwd and group files</title><?dbhtml filename="pwdgroup.html" dir="chapter06"?><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 <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files.</para><para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the following command:</para><para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/passwd << "EOF"</userinput>root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para><para>The actual password for <emphasis>root</emphasis> (the "x" here is just a placeholder) will be set later.</para><para>Create the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file by running the following command:</para><para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/group << "EOF"</userinput>root:x:0:bin:x:1:sys:x:2:kmem:x:3:tty:x:4:tape:x:5:daemon:x:6:floppy:x:7:disk:x:8:lp:x:9:dialout:x:10:audio:x:11:<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para><para>The created groups aren't part of any standard -- they are the groups that the MAKEDEV script in the next section uses. Besides the group "root", the LSB (<ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only a group "bin", with a GID of 1, be present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the user, as well-written packages don't depend on GID numbers but use the group's name.</para><para>Lastly, we re-login to the chroot environment.  User name and group nameresolution will start working immediately after the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files are created, because we installed a full glibc in Chapter 5.  This will get rid of the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt.</para><para><screen><userinput>exec /tools/bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen></para></sect1>
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