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diff --git a/man/login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml b/man/login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..328ebb8 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +<!-- + SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1991 - 1993, Julianne Frances Haugh + SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1991 - 1993, Chip Rosenthal + SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2007 - 2008, Nicolas François + SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause +--> +<varlistentry> + <term><option>MAIL_DIR</option> (string)</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The mail spool directory. This is needed to manipulate the mailbox + when its corresponding user account is modified or deleted. If not + specified, a compile-time default is used. + The parameter CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL in <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> + determines whether the mail spool should be created. + </para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry><varlistentry> + <term><option>MAIL_FILE</option> (string)</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Defines the location of the users mail spool files relatively to + their home directory. + </para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> +<!-- FIXME: MAIL_FILE not used in useradd --> +<para> + The <option>MAIL_DIR</option> and <option>MAIL_FILE</option> variables + are used by <command>useradd</command>, <command>usermod</command>, and + <command>userdel</command> to create, move, or delete the user's mail + spool. +</para> +<para condition="no_pam"> + If <option>MAIL_CHECK_ENAB</option> is set to + <replaceable>yes</replaceable>, they are also used to define the + <envar>MAIL</envar> environment variable. +</para> |