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  7. <sect1 id="ch-system-createfiles">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="createfiles.html"?>
  9. <title>Creating Essential Files and Symlinks</title>
  10. <indexterm zone="ch-system-createfiles">
  11. <primary sortas="e-/etc/passwd">/etc/passwd</primary>
  12. </indexterm>
  13. <indexterm zone="ch-system-createfiles">
  14. <primary sortas="e-/etc/group">/etc/group</primary>
  15. </indexterm>
  16. <indexterm zone="ch-system-createfiles">
  17. <primary sortas="e-/var/run/utmp">/var/run/utmp</primary>
  18. </indexterm>
  19. <indexterm zone="ch-system-createfiles">
  20. <primary sortas="e-/var/log/btmp">/var/log/btmp</primary>
  21. </indexterm>
  22. <indexterm zone="ch-system-createfiles">
  23. <primary sortas="e-/var/log/lastlog">/var/log/lastlog</primary>
  24. </indexterm>
  25. <indexterm zone="ch-system-createfiles">
  26. <primary sortas="e-/var/log/wtmp">/var/log/wtmp</primary>
  27. </indexterm>
  28. <para>Some programs use hard-wired paths to programs which do not exist yet. In
  29. order to satisfy these programs, create a number of symbolic links which will be
  30. replaced by real files throughout the course of this chapter after the software
  31. has been installed.</para>
  32. <screen><userinput>ln -sv /tools/bin/{bash,cat,grep,pwd,stty} /bin
  33. ln -sv /tools/bin/perl /usr/bin
  34. ln -sv /tools/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1} /usr/lib
  35. ln -sv /tools/lib/libstdc++.so{,.6} /usr/lib
  36. ln -sv bash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>
  37. <para>A proper Linux system maintains a list of the mounted file systems in
  38. the file <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>. Normally, this file would be
  39. created when we mount a new file system. Since we will not be mounting any
  40. file systems inside our chroot environment, create an empty file for
  41. utilities that expect the presence of <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>:</para>
  42. <screen><userinput>touch /etc/mtab</userinput></screen>
  43. <para>In order for user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to be
  44. able to login and for the name <quote>root</quote> to be recognized, there
  45. must be relevant entries in the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
  46. <filename>/etc/group</filename> files.</para>
  47. <para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the following
  48. command:</para>
  49. <screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/passwd &lt;&lt; "EOF"
  50. <literal>root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
  51. nobody:x:99:99:Unprivileged User:/dev/null:/bin/false</literal>
  52. EOF</userinput></screen>
  53. <para>The actual password for <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
  54. (the <quote>x</quote> used here is just a placeholder) will be set later.</para>
  55. <para>Create the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file by running the following
  56. command:</para>
  57. <screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/group &lt;&lt; "EOF"
  58. <literal>root:x:0:
  59. bin:x:1:
  60. sys:x:2:
  61. kmem:x:3:
  62. tty:x:4:
  63. tape:x:5:
  64. daemon:x:6:
  65. floppy:x:7:
  66. disk:x:8:
  67. lp:x:9:
  68. dialout:x:10:
  69. audio:x:11:
  70. video:x:12:
  71. utmp:x:13:
  72. usb:x:14:
  73. cdrom:x:15:
  74. mail:x:34:
  75. nogroup:x:99:</literal>
  76. EOF</userinput></screen>
  77. <para>The created groups are not part of any standard&mdash;they are groups
  78. decided on in part by the requirements of the Udev configuration in this
  79. chapter, and in part by common convention employed by a number of existing
  80. Linux distributions. The Linux Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink
  81. url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only that, besides the group
  82. <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem> with a Group ID (GID) of 0,
  83. a group <systemitem class="groupname">bin</systemitem> with a GID of 1 be
  84. present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system
  85. administrator since well-written programs do not depend on GID numbers, but
  86. rather use the group's name.</para>
  87. <para>To remove the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt, start a new
  88. shell. Since a full Glibc was installed in <xref
  89. linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> and the
  90. <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename>
  91. files have been created, user name and group name resolution will now
  92. work.</para>
  93. <screen role="nodump"><userinput>exec /tools/bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
  94. <para>Note the use of the <parameter>+h</parameter> directive. This tells
  95. <command>bash</command> not to use its internal path hashing. Without this
  96. directive, <command>bash</command> would remember the paths to binaries it has
  97. executed. To ensure the use of the newly compiled binaries as soon as they are
  98. installed, the <parameter>+h</parameter> directive will be used for the duration
  99. of this chapter.</para>
  100. <para>The <command>login</command>, <command>agetty</command>, and
  101. <command>init</command> programs (and others) use a number of log
  102. files to record information such as who was logged into the system and
  103. when. However, these programs will not write to the log files if they
  104. do not already exist. Initialize the log files and give them
  105. proper permissions:</para>
  106. <screen><userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp}
  107. chgrp -v utmp /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog
  108. chmod -v 664 /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog</userinput></screen>
  109. <para>The <filename>/var/run/utmp</filename> file records the users
  110. that are currently logged in. The <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename>
  111. file records all logins and logouts. The
  112. <filename>/var/log/lastlog</filename> file records when
  113. each user last logged in. The <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename> file
  114. records the bad login attempts.</para>
  115. </sect1>