On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:45:30AM -0600, Tim Legg wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users >
You'll probably have to fill all those fields in. Try man 5 passwd man 5 group for some hints. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Wilder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Manager & Editor SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549 Phone: 206-782-8808 Seattle, WA 98155-0549 URL http://embedded.linuxjournal.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
