I'm pretty new to Ubuntu/Linux.
I'm setting up a lighttpd webserver and I think I need to set up a webserver/daemon user account to get it going. The config file is asking for server.username and server.groupname.
I think I need to set up a user account using adduser that the server will use. I'm also assuming I need to set up the account as a system user as opposed to a normal user. Is that right?
Also from what I've read I can set the home directory to /var/www/ which is where I plan to keep all of my website files and should give the lighttpd user the proper permissions.
Do I need to set up a group as well as an account or will creating the account automatically create a group with the same name?
Do I give the account a password?
Should I manually assign the UID?
Is this the proper way to set it up?
Any help would be appreciated.