Am Mit, 2002-12-18 um 15.09 schrieb OTERO Hernan Gustavo EDS: > > Looking in the /etc/passwd in my RH 8.0 instalation, the users > > news:x:9:13:news:/etc/news: > rpm:x:37:37::/var/lib/rpm:/bin/bash > > has shell. Why this users need shell?
news needs a shell if you want to run a newsserver like "inn". Some commands should be done as user "news", i.e. adding a group or feeding news. Ciao Achim