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--- install:nix:createdir [2010/02/23 16:49] – created deuce
+++ install:nix:createdir [2010/02/23 17:18] – deuce
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 ====== Installation directory ======
-The installation directory is the parent directory of your entire BBS.  All of the [[directories:index|directories]] are created in here.
+The installation directory is the parent directory of your entire BBS.  All of the [[dir:index|directories]] are created in here.
 ===== Discussion =====
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   ln: creating symbolic link `/home/~sbbs' to `~sbbs': Permission denied
   useradd: unable to lock password file
+[[http://xkcd.com/149/|{{ http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png|Proper User Policy apparently means Simon Says.}}]]
 You do not have permissions to perform the specified action.
   * Generally, only root can add users and modify the / directory.  If you //are// the administrator, prefix the command line with ''sudo'' ie: ''sudo mkdir /sbbs''
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   * Use a subdirectory of your home directory to install Synchronet.
-  \-bash: useradd: command not found
+<code>-bash: useradd: command not found</code>
 There are a few possibliities here:
   - You do not have the correct search path.
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   sudo useraded -m -n sbbs
   * Ask your system administrator to create a new user for you.
   * Use a subdirectory of your home directory to install Synchronet.

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