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<META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek">
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2011-05-22 19:21:15 +00:00
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<!-- MBSEADVERT -->
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<div align="right"><h5>Last update 27-Aug-2005</h5></div>
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<div align="center"><H1>mbuseradd - The useradd wrapper.</H1></div>
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<H3>Sysnopsis.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbuseradd</strong> [gid] [username] [comment] [userdir]</code>
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Description.</H3>
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<strong>mbuseradd</strong> is the wrapper for the <strong>useradd</strong>
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program that should be present on most GNU/Linux systems. <strong>useradd</strong>
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may only be executed by <strong>root</strong> and there are some other minor
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things that need to be done as <strong>root</strong> to create a new Unix
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account that can be used with MBSE BBS. The solution for these problems is
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<strong>mbuseradd</strong>, this little program runs setuid root and setgid
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root. If it fails to do that it aborts. <strong>mbuseradd</strong> is called
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by <strong>mbnewusr</strong> and checks if it's called like that.
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If it is successfull the user will
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have an entry in /etc/passwd, the comment is his Fidonet name, and his shell
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is $MBSE_ROOT/bin/mbsebbs.
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If all this is successfull until now, the homedirectory for this user is
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created and the right ownership and permissions are set. In his homedirectory
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the empty file <strong>.hushlogin</strong> is placed to prevent check for
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new mail when he logs into your system. This is the Unix mailcheck that is
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skipped and has nothing todo with the check for new mail in the bbs. All
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other directories that are needed for the bbs are created by <b>mbsebbs</b>.
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Environment.</H3>
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In order to run <strong>mbuseradd</strong> you must set the global variable
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<strong>$MBSE_ROOT</strong>. This variable must point to the root directory
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of the bbs structure. The main configuration file <strong>config.data</strong>
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must be present in the ~/etc directory. <strong>mbuseradd</strong> must be
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installed setuid root and setgid root, ls -la looks like this:<br>
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<pre>
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-rws--s--x 1 root root 6644 Jun 26 21:23 /opt/mbse/bin/mbuseradd*
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</pre>
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Commands.</H3>
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Not mentioned here because <b>mbuseradd</b> is only called by mbnewusr,
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running manually is not supported.
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