3.1. Creating the lockss User

Note

Commands in this section are run as root [1].

The first task is to create a system user named lockss, under which the LOCKSS system will run.

Run this useradd command as root [1]:

useradd --system --user-group --create-home --shell=/bin/bash lockss

or equivalently:

useradd -rUms /bin/bash lockss

This will create a lockss system user, a lockss system group, and a home directory in /home/lockss.

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Footnotes

[1]

See Running Commands as root.