Help with addgroup and adduser

Paul Lemmons paul.lemmons at tmcaz.com
Thu Mar 22 17:12:05 UTC 2007


#useradd -r -d /opt/open-xchange/ -M -g open-xchange
might should be
#useradd -r -d /opt/open-xchange/ -M -g open-xchange open-xchange

-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: Help with addgroup and adduser
From: "Jeff Mutonho" <ejbengine at gmail.com>
To: "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Date: 03/22/2007 09:28 AM
> I'm trying to configure open-xchange and the instructions (at
> http://wiki.open-xchange.com/wiki/index.php?title=Open_Xchange_Installation) 
>
> say I should do the following :
>
> & addgroup --system open-xchange
> & adduser --system --home /opt/open-xchange --no-create-home
> --disabled-password --ingroup open-xchange open-xchange
> & chmod 750 /var/log/open-xchange
> & chown open-xchange: /var/log/open-xchange
>
> What I did is :
> # groupadd -r open-xchange
>
> #useradd -r -d /opt/open-xchange/ -M -g open-xchange  -----> FAILED
>
> with usage message "Usage: useradd [options] LOGIN"
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
> "Don't take the name of root in vain."
>
> Jeff  Mutonho
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>
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