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<h5>Last update 02-Feb-2001</h5>
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<H1>mbuseradd - The useradd wrapper.</H1>
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<H3>Sysnopsis.</H3>
<P>
<code><strong>mbuseradd</strong> [gid] [username] [comment] [userdir]</code>
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<H3>Description.</H3>
<P>
<strong>mbuseradd</strong> is the wrapper for the <strong>useradd</strong>
program that should be present on most Linux systems. <strong>useradd</strong>
may only be executed by <strong>root</strong> and there are some other minor
things that need to be done as <strong>root</strong> to create a new Unix
account that can be used with MBSE BBS. The solution for these problems is
<strong>mbuseradd</strong>, this little program runs setuid root and setgid
root. If it fails to do that it aborts. <strong>mbuseradd</strong> is called
by <strong>mbsebbs</strong> from the newuser function. You never need to
run <strong>mbuseradd</strong> by hand. If it is successfull the user will
have an entry in /etc/passwd, the comment is his Fidonet name, and his shell
is $MBSE_ROOT/bin/mbsebbs.
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If all this is successfull until now, the homedirectory for this user is
created and the right ownership and permissions are set. In his homedirectory
the empty file <strong>.hushlogin</strong> is placed to prevent check for
new mail when he logs into your system. This is the Unix mailcheck that is
skipped and has nothing todo with the check for new mail in the bbs. All
other directories that are needed for the bbs are created by <b>mbsebbs</b>.
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<H3>Environment.</H3>
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In order to run <strong>mbuseradd</strong> you must set the global variable
<strong>$MBSE_ROOT</strong>. This variable must point to the root directory
of the bbs structure. The main configuration file <strong>config.data</strong>
must be present in the ~/etc directory. <strong>mbuseradd</strong> must be
installed setuid root and setgid root, ls -la looks like this:<br>
<pre>
-rws--s--x 1 root root 6644 Jun 26 21:23 /opt/mbse/bin/mbuseradd*
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<H3>Commands.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbuseradd</strong> [gid] [name] [comment] [usersdir]</code> for example:<br>
<pre>
mbuseradd bbs mbroek "Michiel Broek" /opt/mbse/home
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