glfs/server/other/leafnode/leafnode-exp.xml

<sect2>
<title>Installation command explanations</title>

<para><userinput>
groupadd news
useradd -g news news :
</userinput></para>
<para>Create the group and user news, if not present.  Errors
resulting from an already existing user or group news may be
ignored.</para> 

<para><userinput> --prefix=/usr</userinput> : Change the default installation directory of /usr/local.</para>

<para><userinput> --localstatedir=/var</userinput> : Change the default spool directory of /usr/var.</para>

<para><userinput> --sysconfdir=/etc/news</userinput> : leafnode reads its configuration data from an file called
<filename>config</filename>, this with be created in
<filename>/etc/news</filename> to avoid any potential conflict with
other packages.
</para>

<para><userinput> make update</userinput> : Create an initial <filename>/etc/news/config.example</filename> file,
which must be renamed to <filename>/etc/news/config</filename>.</para>

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