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Re: XP User Account
- From: René Berber <r dot berber at computer dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:36:05 -0500
- Subject: Re: XP User Account
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d.henman wrote:
> Platform: XP Home Edition
>
> I want to set up exim, the smtp server and would like to
> create a user, named "exim" for this daemon process and its files.
>
> I don't know who to do this without have the "exim" user name coming up on the login screen along with the other users.
>
> Does anywone know how to accomplish this? In XP Home Edition.
Copy the way ssh-host-config does it:
net user sshd /add /fullname:"sshd privsep" "/homedir:${dos_var_empty}"
/active:no > /dev/null
mkpasswd -l -u sshd | sed -e 's/bash$/false/' >> ${SYSCONFDIR}/passwd
where dos_var_empty is /var/empty for sshd, but you can put something else.
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René Berber
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