Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:28:39 +0200 From: Niek Dekker <niekdekker@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How does useradd determine the default mailbox/maildir location for new users Message-ID: <452C0277.2000402@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44ac44dwct.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <452A6AA5.2010400@gmail.com> <44ac44dwct.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Hi Lowell, thanks for the clarification. I'll have a look at the adduser script and probably make my own version. Regards, Niek Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Niek Dekker <niekdekker@gmail.com> writes: > > >> I am running Exim 4.62 MTA on FBSD 6.0_release. >> When I create a new user using useradd, a mailbox file for the new >> user is created in /var/mail. >> > > I assume you mean adduser(8). > > >> As I am using Maildir with maildirs in /var/mail, I do not want that. >> > > Hmm, yes. > > >> My question is, where is this behavior of useradd configured? >> > > It isn't. It appears to be hardwired into pw(8), which is the basic > tool around which adduser(8) is built. > > >> I cannot find this in the handbook. There is no /etc/useradd.conf >> neither an /etc/pw.conf on my system and also the contents of >> /usr/share/skel do not seem to make a difference. >> > > And none of those are documented to do anything of the sort. > I think you should just write your own wrapper. You could write it as > a wrapper for adduser, or you could make your own version of adduser > (which is just a shell script). > >
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