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<sect1 id="ch05-addinguser">
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<title>Adding the user lfs</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="addinguser.html" dir="chapter05"?>
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<para>When logged in as <emphasis>root</emphasis>, making a single mistake
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can damage or even wreck your system. Therefore we recommend that you
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build the packages in this chapter as an unprivileged user. You could
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of course use your own user name, but to make it easier to set up a clean
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work environment we'll create a new user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> and
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use this one during the installation process. As <emphasis>root</emphasis>,
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issue the following commands to add the new user:</para>
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<screen><userinput>useradd -s /bin/bash -m lfs
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passwd lfs</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now grant this new user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> full access to
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<filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> by giving it ownership
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of the directory:</para>
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<screen><userinput>chown lfs $LFS/tools</userinput></screen>
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<para>If you made a separate working directory as suggested, give user
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<emphasis>lfs</emphasis> ownership of this directory too:</para>
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<screen><userinput>chown lfs $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
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<para>Next, login as user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>. This can be done via a
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virtual console, through a display manager, or with the following substitute
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user command:</para>
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<screen><userinput>su - lfs</userinput></screen>
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<para>The "<userinput>-</userinput>" instructs <userinput>su</userinput> to
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start a new, clean shell.</para>
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</sect1>
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