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FreeBSD 4.4, Postfix
I am preparing to install mailman-2.0.8 on my system according to my INSTALL document. In step 1, I was told to create user and group mailman by modifying the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.
Is it good enough to create these accounts/groups by placing them alone on a single line, or should I fill in the other atributes?
In FreeBSD, /etc/passwd and /etc/group have the fields delimited by colons. I am not entirely clear on what each of these fields represent, but should I know what to enter for the shell path, home dir path, real name, et cetera?
TIA
Tim Legg
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:45:30AM -0600, Tim Legg wrote:
You'll probably have to fill all those fields in.
Try
man 5 passwd man 5 group
for some hints.
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:45:30AM -0600, Tim Legg wrote:
What's wrong with using standard tools like useradd and groupadd? Should be available on FreeBSD too, I guess?
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:45:30AM -0600, Tim Legg wrote:
You'll probably have to fill all those fields in.
Try
man 5 passwd man 5 group
for some hints.
--
Dan Wilder <dan@ssc.com> Technical Manager & Editor SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549 Phone: 206-782-8808 Seattle, WA 98155-0549 URL http://embedded.linuxjournal.com/
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:45:30AM -0600, Tim Legg wrote:
What's wrong with using standard tools like useradd and groupadd? Should be available on FreeBSD too, I guess?
-- jeroen.valcke@belnet.be http://www.belnet.be
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Dan Wilder
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