Hi All -
I apologize for overlooking the fact that this is not a linux system admin
mailing list. Anyway, thanks for all the help. I am not running any mail
server; being a new bee, am just experimenting with various options
available to configure qmail with other add-ons.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robin S. Socha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 1:11 PM
Subject: How to piss people off easily (Was: How to create dynamic users for
IMAP Email services) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 12:09:43PM +0530, KK wrote:
> > Can I create dynamic system users using the command "useradd" from
> > inside a perl script/java servlet which need not run as "root"? I
> > suppose that only "root" has the privilege to create system users.
> > Is there a way around this?
>
> I presume that your are well aware of the fact that this has nothing
> to do whatsoever with qmail. If you are too incompetent to use a
> search engine, why are you running a mail server?
>
> RTFM: man 5 sudoers:
> Cmnd_Alias USERADD=/sbin/useradd
> www ALL=NOPASSWD: USERADD
>
> > Any suggestions/help is appreciated.
>
> http://learn.to/edit_messages/ - before your EVER submit mail to a
> technical mailing list again.
> --
> Robin S. Socha - Your Worst Network Nightmare(tm).
> `In Germany, they are not referred to as network administrators. They
> prefer to be called "Sons Of The Third Reich".' (Kate: www.katewerk.com)
>
