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Re: procmail, sendmail, directories, whatever

2000-10-16 13:15:06
Philip pointed out,

G> You should sort the list before piping it to uniq as the password file
G> isn't guaranteed to be sorted.  Or just use "sort -u" instead of uniq.

Ouch, yes.  Thanks.

I'd said,

T> The procedure for creating new accounts thereafter could include
T> similar code:

Philip answered,

G> This is the problem: depending on how accounts are administered, there
G> might not be a 'hook' where this code could be inserted.  For example,
G> the "adduser" program that comes with OpenBSD has no standard way to run
G> a given program upon account creation.

Can one not wrap adduser and the directory creator into a shell script?  I
just don't see the need in having 676 directories if some or most are not
in use.


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