Hi all,
I had no problem till the end of chapter 5.
While changing the ownership to root, I get the following error.
I have posted the last few lines.

chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/lfs/tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/lib/ldscripts/i386linux.xu': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/lfs/tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/lib/ldscripts/elf_i386.xbn': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/lfs/tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/lib/ldscripts/elf_i386.xd': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/lfs/tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/lib/ldscripts': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/lfs/tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/lib': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/lfs/tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/lfs/tools': Operation not permitted
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$


How do i change the ownership now.

You are trying to change ownership as the LFS user. You do not have sufficient permissions to do that. You need to be root to execute the operation. Log out and then issue the command.

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Yea you have to issue the logout command and then chown as root.
Note:
When you logout and become root you are exposed to your host and LFS so be carefull not to mess up the host.

So, for this, can I just issue the command logout ?

hl yes logout as lfsuser then login as root then chown the tools diras described in book chapter 6 is completed as root

What I did was, I issued the command su, and entered the password. Now I'm root.

Another question is : Also, beginning from chapter 6, where should I have to be ? In the $LFS/tools directory ??

the build is still the same as before i normally an in sources dir