Re: only out going mail, but get error as normal user
From: Robert M. Riches Jr. (spamtrap42_at_verizon.net)
Date: 03/25/04
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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:46:00 GMT
In article <zjE8c.18591$vo6.49047@news1.mts.net>, LHradowy wrote:
> I have a RedHat ES 3.0 server that I set up. I copied over the /etc/passwd,
> /etc/group, and shadow passwd from a previous RedHat 7.3 server that I
> built. I did find that I was missing the user...
> smmsp:x:51:51::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin
> so I added that to the /etc/passwd file.
Are you sure you aren't missing other users? Red Hat makes
changes to system-related accounts in the password and group
files on a reglar basis. Could you have missed some other
account, or perhaps a (subtle) change in an account entry?
Rather than copying /etc/passwd and such from an older OS
version, I would be inclined (based on experience) to copy
over just the non-system-related real user accounts, usually
the ones with userid numbers 500 and above. I don't know
that will solve the whole problem you're seeing, but it
would eliminate a few potential causes.
Good luck.
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@verizon.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
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