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Date:      Wed, 21 Jan 1998 15:30:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        bsd <bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to install popper?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980121152936.5192R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980119063920.2116A-100000@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au>

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On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, bsd wrote:

> 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 ??

It should be a fake user, with a disabled password (*) and a false shell.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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