<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2002-2-1 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Adding new system user and group</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Adding new system user and group"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="clamdoc"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2002-2-1"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="clamdoc.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node13.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node11.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node9.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node13.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <DIV CLASS="navigation"><!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html355" HREF="node13.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html351" HREF="node9.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html345" HREF="node11.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html353" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html356" HREF="node13.html">Compilation of base package</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html352" HREF="node9.html">Installation</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html346" HREF="node11.html">Installing on shell account</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html354" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <BR> <BR></DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION00043000000000000000"> Adding new system user and group</A> </H2> If you are installing ClamAV for the first time, you have to add a new user and group to your system: <PRE> # groupadd clamav # useradd -g clamav -s /bin/false -c "Clam AntiVirus" clamav </PRE> Consult a system manual if your OS has not <SPAN CLASS="textit">groupadd</SPAN> and <SPAN CLASS="textit">useradd</SPAN> utilities. <SPAN CLASS="textbf">Don't forget to lock access to the account!</SPAN> <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> Tomasz Kojm 2008-10-15 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>