From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Nov 21 10:24:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1693B37B401 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:24:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.telissant.com (h-66-167-251-2.PHLAPAFG.covad.net [66.167.251.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7890643E8A for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:24:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anclo@anclo.com) Received: from localhost (locke [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id 410A0138448; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:24:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from leporello.anclo.com (13.myma1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.177.46]) by vmail.3dresearch.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A33136E9F; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:24:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20021121131936.0262f0e0@imap.telissant.com> X-Sender: anclo@imap.telissant.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:24:22 -0500 To: fcash@sd73.bc.ca, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org From: Anclo Subject: Re: setting up system accounts with adduser In-Reply-To: <200211211013.34680.fcash@sd73.bc.ca> References: <1037901655.3ddd1f574af66@vmail.3dresearch.com> <1037901655.3ddd1f574af66@vmail.3dresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Razor-id: c6de8727754e12127bddf2842623230f5c3d7017 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.7 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 01:13 PM 11/21/2002, you wrote: >On Thursday 21 November 2002 10:00, anclo@anclo.com wrote: > > I'm trying to set up the system accounts Gdnscache and Gdnslog needed for > > djbdns. > > > How should I set the home directory for these? Should it be /etc/dnscache? > > > Do system accounts need a home directory at all? > >/nonexistent works great in cases like these. This is the home directory >that >Apache and the like use. Thanx! >Question: Why are you using the ports tree to install djbdns which does all >this for you, plus will allow you to easily upgrade djbdns in the future? >That's what the ports tree is there for, afterall. :) Well, I have installed djbdns from the ports tree, /usr/ports/net/djbdns... Anclo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message