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bijit1709 05-15-2008 05:31 PM
User & group
 
Hi,

Can anyone tell me how to make a user and group for a daemon.
eg.

When squid starts its starts as nobody.
I would like to create a user squid and group squid.

If I use adduser I will create the home. But I just want the user squid with a blocked passwd. And I have never created a group. Just know

groupadd -g 110 squid. Is that sufficient for squid?

Can anyone lead me through the right steps?

bjagee 05-15-2008 05:53 PM
You don't have to create a directory with adduser. Try
Code:
man adduser
for more info. the group is as easy as
Code:
addgroup [groupname]


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