REPRINT CORRECTIONS

Title: Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification, Second Edition

Page / Correction
p. 227 / Project 5-9
Insert the following prior to Step 1:
“Log in as root, and enter the following command to add user1 to the sys group: [root@server1 root]# Usermod -G sys user1
Note: Following this command, root must log out and then back in as user1 to refresh the login permission package (to reset permissions). If you do this, it will work.”
p. 227 / Replace steps 3-8 with the following steps (the rest of the lab will work following this).
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Step 3. Switch to a command-line terminal (tty2) by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 and log into the terminal using the username of root and the password of secret.
Step 4 At the command prompt, type cd /home/user1 and press Enter.
Step 5 Type chown root owner* at the command prompt and press Enter. Next, type ls -l at the command prompt and press Enter to verify that the file and directory ownership has changed for ownersample and ownerdir respectively.
Step 6 Type chgrp sys owner* at the command prompt and press Enter. Next, type ls -l at the command prompt and press Enter to verify that the file and directory ownership has changed for ownersample and ownerdir respectively.
Step 7 Type chown user1.user1 owner* at the command prompt and press Enter. Next, type ls -l at the command prompt and press Enter to verify that the file and directory ownership has changed for ownersample and ownerdir respectively.
Step 8 Type exit and press Enter to log out of your shell.
p. 282 / Where Step 13 reads: “At the debugfs prompt, type mi hosts…”
Change to: “At the debugfs prompt, type my inittab…”
p. 373 / Where Step 3 reads: “…echo "$NAME\t$RELATION\t$PHONE" > database…”
Change to: “…echo -e "$NAME\t$RELATION\t$PHONE" > database…”
p. 374 / Where Step 7 reads: “…echo "$NAME\t$RELATION\t$PHONE" > database…”
Change to: “…echo -e "$NAME\t$RELATION\t$PHONE" > database…”
p. 374-375 / Replace bolded steps following: “Edit the text inside the myscript2 shell script such that it reads:”
With:
#!/bin/bash
Echo -e "What would you like to do?
Add an entry (a)
Search an entry (s)
Enter your choice (a/s) -->\c"
read ANSWER
case $ANSWER in
a|A ) echo -e "Please enter the name of the family member --> \c"
read NAME
echo -e "Please enter the family member's relation to you (ie. Mother)-->\c" read RELATION echo -e "Please enter the family member's telephone number --> \c" read PHONE echo –e "$NAME\t$RELATION\t$PHONE" > database;;
s|S ) echo "What word would you like to look for? --> \c"
read WORD
grep "$WORD" database;;
* ) echo "You must enter either the letter a or s.";;
esac
p. 430 / Where Step 17 reads: “Type unit5.”
Change to: “Type init 5 and press Enter.”
p. 478 / Where: The LPD Printing System, second paragraph, first sentence:
Reads: ...CUPS contains versions of the lpr, lpc, lpq, and cancel commands.
Change to: ...CUPS contains versions of the lpr, lpc, lpq, and lprm commands.
p. 605 / Where Step 3 reads: “At the command prompt, type ismod dummy and press Enter.”
Change to: “At the command prompt, type modprobe dummy and press Enter.”
p. 605 / Where Step 6 reads: “…local file that reads ismod dummy…
Change to: “…local file that reads modprobe dummy…”
Page 621 / Replace” "...information about each PPP device in stored in files
named..."
With “…is stored…”
Page 621 / Replace: "Like configuring a NIC, information about each PPP device in stored in files named ifcfg-InternetServiceProviderName…”
With:"Like configuring a NIC, information about each PPP device is stored in files named ifcfg-InternetServiceProviderName

Date: 2 August 2005ISBN: 0-619-21621-2