Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 23:42:46 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Alvin Infante Misalucha <arm@mozcom.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smail Message-ID: <19980915234246.A1544@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199809151645.AAA19362@mozcom.com> References: <199809151645.AAA19362@mozcom.com>
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Alvin Infante Misalucha wrote:
> 2) I want to install qmail and document says that new users, like
> qmaild and qmailp, have to be added. Is it okay to add new users
> manually by editing the /etc/passwd and /etc/master.* files?
Yes, but if you manually edit them, remember to use vipw, and don't
edit them directly. vipw takes care of keeping /etc/{master.,}passwd in
sync and rebuilding the databases from them.
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