User & group

bijit1709 · 05-15-2008, 05:31 PM

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]