[X-Unix] Creating users with the command line
Pedro fp
lists at pedro.Net.au
Mon Oct 11 12:32:44 PDT 2004
G'day Folks
I'm trying to (re)configure the Apache server in my Mac OS X.3
following the instructions given in "Apache the Definitive Guide"
(O'Reilly). I'm doing this both as a learning exercise and because I
need a more sophisticated testing server than I currently have, in
particular I need multiple virtual servers with SSL.
Early on ATDG advises creating a user called 'webuser' in a group
'webgroup'. The authors advise first creating webgroup using the
command ...
adduser -group webgroup
then using addgroup to add webuser however when I attempt to run those
commands I get ...
-bash: adduser: command not found
Can anyone advise how I can do this on OS X.3? The objective is to
create a user who "cannot actually log in" for Apache services to run
as.
Cheers, Pedro :-)
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