<!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 http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <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 14, 2009.</span> </div> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </body> </html>