Committing lots of documentation updates, including linking up to the new

mailman-installation guide, and filling out the other formats that seemed to be missing.
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+2.1 Add the group and user</A>
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+
+<P>
+Mailman requires a unique user and group name which will own its files, and
+under which its processes will run.  Mailman's basic security is based on
+group ownership permissions, so it's important to get this step
+right<A NAME="tex2html1"
+  HREF="#foot33"><SUP>1</SUP></A>.  Typically, you will add a new user and a new
+group, both called <code>mailman</code>.  The <code>mailman</code> user must be a member
+of the <code>mailman</code> group.  Mailman will be installed under the
+<code>mailman</code> user and group, with the set-group-id (setgid) bit enabled.
+
+<P>
+If these names are already in use, you can choose different user and group
+names, as long as you remember these when you run <b class="program">configure</b>.  If you
+choose a different unique user name, you will have to specify this with
+<b class="program">configure</b>'s <b class="programopt">--with-username</b> option, and if you choose
+a different group name, you will have to specify this with
+<b class="program">configure</b>'s <b class="programopt">--with-groupname</b> option.
+
+<P>
+On Linux systems, you can use the following commands to create these
+accounts.  Check your system's manual pages for details:
+
+<P>
+<div class="verbatim"><pre>
+    % groupadd mailman
+    % useradd -c''GNU Mailman'' -s /no/shell -d /no/home -g mailman mailman
+</pre></div>
+
+<P>
+<BR><HR><H4>Footnotes</H4>
+<DL>
+<DT><A NAME="foot33">...
+right</A><A
+ HREF="node4.html#tex2html1"><SUP>1</SUP></A></DT>
+<DD>You will be able to check and repair your permissions after
+installation is complete.
+
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author	bwarsaw <>	2004-12-14 04:27:49 +0000
committer	bwarsaw <>	2004-12-14 04:27:49 +0000
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