On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:56:51 -0800 Dan Wilder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > You'll probably have to fill all those fields in. My preference: # adduser --in-group mailman mailman Then edit /etc/shadow (if you're using shadow passwords, or /etc/passwd and set the passwd to "*" while making sure that the user's shell is something like /bin/flase, /dev/null, or similar. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
