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Date:  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:36:05 -0500
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d.henman wrote:

> Platform: XP Home Edition
>=20
> I want to set up exim, the smtp server and would like to=20
> create a user, named "exim" for this daemon process and its files.
>=20
> I don't know who to do this without have the "exim" user name coming up o=
n the login screen along with the other users.=20=20
>=20
> Does anywone know how to accomplish this?  In XP Home Edition.

Copy the way ssh-host-config does it:

net user sshd /add /fullname:"sshd privsep" "/homedir:${dos_var_empty}"
/active:no > /dev/null
mkpasswd -l -u sshd | sed -e 's/bash$/false/' >> ${SYSCONFDIR}/passwd

where dos_var_empty is /var/empty for sshd, but you can put something else.
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Ren=E9 Berber


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