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Title: Can't create a "news"account
Post by: Herman Jacobs on October 12, 2002, 01:12:08 AM

Hi,

I can't create a news account, I have deleted all entries in the passwd and shadow file, but still i cant create one.

Can anybody please help me one this.

Thankz

H

Title: Re: Can't create a "news"account
Post by: Jon Blakely on October 12, 2002, 03:14:10 PM

news is already a system account which is why you cannot create a news account.

Jon

Title: Re: Can't create a "news"account
Post by: Herman on October 16, 2002, 08:14:53 PM

I'm aware of the fact that "news" are already a system account, but I would like to know how to remove the system account so that I can create an e-mail account named "news@my-domain.com".

Thankz

H