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Subject: Fwd: Mj2 Installation
From: Craig Hartnett <subs @ niner . net>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:59:09 -0700
To: majordomo-workers @ greatcircle . com
Network_provider: NinerNet Communications - http://www.niner.net

Hi there,

No response to this on the users' list, so I thought I'd try here.


Craig


>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:54:57 -0700
>To: majordomo-users@greatcircle.com
>From: Craig Hartnett <subs@niner.net>
>Subject: Mj2 Installation
>
>Hi there,
>
>If anyone here has any suggestions as to how I should answer the following 
>questions in the Majordomo 2 installation routine, I would appreciate it:
>
>1) What is the user ID that Majordomo will run as? (Either the numeric ID 
>or the user name is fine.)
>
>2) What is the group ID that Majordomo will run as? (Either the numeric ID 
>or the group name is fine.)
>
>3) What umask should Majordomo use? (The umask is the Unix method of 
>restricting the permissions on newly created files and directories.)
>
>4) Where will the Majordomo list data be kept?
>
>5) Where can Majordomo place secure temporary files?
>
>I have already had some suggestions, but more would be appreciated. I am 
>running a virtual server with VServers and am not a UNIX guru, but have 
>done enough reading to be dangerous.
>
>I'm guessing that the answers to questions 1 and 2 are specific to my 
>server, although if someone can tell me how I might arrive at answers 
>myself that would be great.
>
>There are some suggestions in the readme file for question 3, and I will 
>probably follow those.
>
>With respect to questions 4 and 5, any pointers (or pointers to where I 
>can find the information) on the usual directory structure for a UNIX Web 
>server running Apache would be appreciated -- specifically, I'd rather not 
>create my own directories all over the place when "usual practice" would 
>be to create them in a specific location, such as under the etc directory 
>for example.
>
>If this should be posted to the workers' list, my apologies. Thanks in 
>advance.
>
>
>Craig Hartnett




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