User lfs has All $LFS Permissions, but Make Install Fails b/c Permission Denied
TL;DR Folks here knew that although lfs had ownership of the directories listed, lfs did not have permissions to their subdirectories. Several pointed to the missing recursive flag in the chown command. Adding -R did the trick.
I was hoping it would be a small tweak like this. Thanks, all, for the lesson.
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First try in LFS, permitted operation not permitted.
I'm following step-by-careful-step the process described in the LFS Handbook from the March 5, 2026 for stable systemd. Booting with the April Gentoo CD.
I have repeated the instructions many times, trying to learn along the way, for weeks. Naturally, I have to shut off down my system and resume later. As stated in the handbook, I have to remount the $LFS filesystems, recreate the lfs group and user and reconfig bash each time.
My $LFS/sources directory contains nothing but tarballs and patches. No error-created files, hidden or otherwise, have been left behind to contaminate the build.
My next step would be to zap all partitions and start from scratch, but before I do that I'm checking in here with those who have made this journey before me. Any ideas?