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From Mario Filipe
Subject RE: [ADMIN] createuser www-data ????
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In response to createuser www-data ????  ("Craig Silva" <silvac@mitext.vic.edu.au>)
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On 22-May-98 Craig Silva wrote:
> I am working on a server that is using the Debian packages PHP3,
> postgresql and Apache.
>
> I believe that the Debian default is to run Apache as user www-data.
>
> To make a connection to postgresql for PHP3 I have to create a user
> www-data.
>
> However when I attempt to createuser www-data the error message is:
>
> invalid characters in username  www-data

        THe problem is the - . To solve this i changed /etc/passwd and
/etc/group so that www-data became wwwdata.

        Mario Filipe
        mjnf@uevora.pt
        http://neptuno.sc.uevora.pt/~mjnf

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