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Jebus
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 Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 5:26 pm Post subject: Could someone please tell me the uid/shell/etc info for mail |
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I deleted the user mail by accident, and i need to recreate it. what does the mail user line in /etc/passwd look like? and what groups does it belong to in /etc/group? is there a mail group as well? thanks in advance!
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 5:51 pm Post subject: Like this: |
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/etc/group:
/etc/passwd
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Keep a backup of your /etc folder, it's too important to lose 
Someone submitted a script to the Tips'n'Tricks section for that very purpose. |
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Jebus
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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thankya,
I actually cleaned out my /etc/passwd file of all unused users earlier, and now it seems the new version of exim i am trying to emerge needs mail whereas the old one did not.
Anyhow, works fine now!
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| The lat script posted there for this is sweet. It backs up 3 generations or /etc and when the 4th is reached the 1st is overwritten so that you don't end up with more than 3 in the /etc backup folder. The backp is done apon booting into gentoo. |
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