[Mailman-Users] installation - adding user to /etc/passwd

[Satya]

On Nov 24, 2000 at 16:05, Philip wrote:

>"Add a new user called mailman"

The answers I give are according to what I did and may not be the best
thing to do.

>Do I give "mailman" a password?

Yes.

>Does it need a directory created as per a normal user or do I set it to
>/nonexistent?

Yes. It needs a directory.

>do I set shell to /bin/false?

No.

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