Gene Heskett wrote:

>>From the amanda specfile for Red Hat 7.3:

>>useradd -M -n -g disk -o -r -d /var/lib/amanda -s /bin/bash \
>>        -c "Amanda user" -u 33 amanda >/dev/null 2>&1 || :

> Maybe.  OTOH, I don't know enough bash to be able to decode just 
> exactly what that above command line actually does.  And many, many 
> new bees are going to be in that exact same situation.

Point taken, though man useradd will give most people the info they 
need. The redirects &c are really there to make things look pretty when 
it's installed :)

> You are one of the few who could volunteer to fill those shoes, and 
> we all know this list could use such knowledge constructively.  

Sure, I'll help where I can, if people promise not to go "rpms, yuck, 
compile frome source!" :)

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