| 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647 | <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 thename "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 thefollowing command:</para><para><screen><userinput>echo "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash" > /etc/passwd</userinput></screen></para><para>The actual password for <emphasis>root</emphasis> (the "x" here isjust a placeholder) will be set later.</para><para>Create the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file by running thefollowing 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 groupsthat 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 bechosen freely by the user, as well-written packages don't depend on GIDnumbers but use the group's name.</para><para><screen><userinput>exec /stage1/bin/bash --loginset +h</userinput></screen></para></sect1>
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