From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 18 14:18:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA19158 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 14:18:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au (smmcdialin.ultra.net.au [203.56.101.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA19123 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 14:18:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au) Received: from localhost (bsd@localhost) by smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA02127 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 06:44:19 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 06:44:17 +1000 (EST) From: bsd To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: how to install popper? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Hi all, I discovered with help a thing called popper & wish to install it. I have eneabled popper in inetd.conf. I did a make install from ports but after code compilation it dropped out with an error stating I needed to create a user "pop" in passwd file said error(1) OK So there must be an unwritten "thou shalt create user "pop" rule but what passwd if any should I use. What should its home dir be, shell and group ?? Thanks Keith Spencer Townsville Australia