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Subject: Re: small nitpicky typo in INSTALL
From: Brent Chapman <Brent @ GreatCircle . COM>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 14:53:42 -0600
To: luomat @ peak . org, majordomo-docs @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199707220423.AAA25398@kira.peak.org>

At 12:23 AM -0400 7/22/97, Timothy Luoma wrote:
>Hi... I'm just starting with majordomo (haven't even compiled it yet) but I
>found a small typo in the INSTALL doc:
>
>1) Pick a group and user ID for Majordomo to run under.  Usually this
>   is "majordomo.daemon".  If you're this group, you can do all the
>   majordomo management functions (creating new lists, etc.) without
>   having to "su" to Majordomo.  You can create and use a group id
>   other than "daemon" if you want, but if you do, that UID needs to
>   be a "trusted" user as far as Sendmail is concerned (i.e., the user
>   name needs to appear on a "T" line in your sendmail.cf file).
>
>I believe the "UID" is meant to be "GID", or else it means something I do
>not understand.
>
>TjL

Yeah, the documentation is definitely unclear.  Basicly, the user you
choose (whether that is "majordomo" or whatever) needs to be listed in a
"T" line in your sendmail.cf file.  The group can be whatever you'd like (a
new one, an existing one, whatever).


-Brent

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