cabot README

Joost van Baal joostvb-savannah@mdcc.cx
Sun, 27 Jul 2003 07:38:07 -0400


CVSROOT:	/cvsroot/cabot
Module name:	cabot
Branch: 	
Changes by:	Joost van Baal <joostvb-savannah@mdcc.cx>	03/07/27 07:38:07

Modified files:
	.              : README 

Log message:
	notes on running ca-dosign under normal uid added

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/cabot/cabot/README.diff?tr1=1.8&tr2=1.9&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: cabot/README
diff -u cabot/README:1.8 cabot/README:1.9
--- cabot/README:1.8	Sat Jul 26 16:21:57 2003
+++ cabot/README	Sun Jul 27 07:38:07 2003
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: README,v 1.8 2003/07/26 20:21:57 joostvb Exp $
+# $Id: README,v 1.9 2003/07/27 11:38:07 joostvb Exp $
 
 See INSTALL for generic installation instructions.
 
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
   installed, you can do this by running
 
      # adduser --system --home /usr/local/var/lib/cabot \
-          --shell /bin/false --disabled-password --disabled-login \
-          --gecos "CA Bot" cabot
+          --shell /bin/false --group john --disabled-password \
+          --disabled-login --gecos "CA Bot" cabot
+
+  where 'john' is your primary group.
 
   (Use
 
@@ -21,7 +23,13 @@
 - Now, as the cabot user, create a file ~/.cabotrc: copy
   /usr/local/share/doc/cabot/examples/cabotrc and adjust it to your needs.  See
   ca-config(5) for details about the file.  You might want to use "cat" for the
-  sendmail pipe, when testing your setup.
+  sendmail pipe, when testing your setup.  Furthermore, under your own
+  useraccount, having access to your private key, do
+
+    you@yourhost ~$ ln -s ~cabot/.cabotrc
+
+  so that, when running ca-dosign(1) under your own userid, you have a sane
+  ~/.cabotrc.
 
 ---> FIXME: add more cabot specific installation notes here:
      set up .procmailrc , .forward or similar stuff, ... <---