<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="mailman-install.css" type='text/css' /> <link rel="first" href="mailman-install.html" title='GNU Mailman - Installation Manual' /> <link rel='last' href='about.html' title='About this document...' /> <link rel='help' href='about.html' title='About this document...' /> <link rel="next" href="node6.html" /> <link rel="prev" href="node2.html" /> <link rel="parent" href="front.html" /> <link rel="next" href="node4.html" /> <meta name='aesop' content='information' /> <title>2 Set up your system</title> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <div id='top-navigation-panel' xml:id='top-navigation-panel'> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="1 Installation Requirements" href="node2.html"><img src='previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="Front Matter" href="front.html"><img src='up.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Up One Level' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="2.1 Add the group" href="node4.html"><img src='next.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - Installation Manual</td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node2.html">1 Installation Requirements</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="front.html">Front Matter</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node4.html">2.1 Add the group</A> </div> <hr /></div> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION001200000000000000000"> 2 Set up your system</A> </H1> <P> Before installing Mailman, you need to prepare your system by adding certain users and groups. You will need to have root privileges to perform the steps in this section. <P> <p><br /></p><hr class='online-navigation' /> <div class='online-navigation'> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></a> <UL CLASS="ChildLinks"> <LI><A href="node4.html">2.1 Add the group and user</a> <LI><A href="create-install-dir.html">2.2 Create the installation directory</a> </ul> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> </div> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <div class='online-navigation'> <p></p><hr /> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="1 Installation Requirements" href="node2.html"><img src='previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="Front Matter" href="front.html"><img src='up.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Up One Level' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="2.1 Add the group" href="node4.html"><img src='next.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - Installation Manual</td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node2.html">1 Installation Requirements</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="front.html">Front Matter</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node4.html">2.1 Add the group</A> </div> </div> <hr /> <span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 13, 2005.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>