I successfully built the linux from scratch temp toolchain

[Stephen Partington]

Ok, so during the install yes follow the LFS book. you are not yet 100%
done.



On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> it is best practice but the linux from scratch book says that:
>
>
>   The commands in the remainder of this book must be performed while
>   logged in as user root and no longer as user lfs.
>
> so I am thinking I should su to root but am unsure
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> BEst practices rely on the use of SU and Sudo/SUdoers to perform any of
>> the elevated tasks. This prevents any unrecognized code from getting away
>> from you. this includes root not being able to log in under most
>> circumstances and especially via ssh. This is what i would stick with,
>> there is likely a very large plethora of online reading on the subject.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Now they say: (section 5.36)
>>>   Note
>>>   The commands in the remainder of this book must be performed while
>>>   logged in as user root and no longer as user lfs.
>>>
>>> The problem is that I do not know how they want me to become root (or if
>>> it matters). To become root I can either 'su' or 'exit' my current shell to
>>> the previous one. So what do you recommend? Does it matter?
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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>>
>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
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A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen
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