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+To setup on RedHat 6 or one of its clones:
+
+# Create a service account for the daemon to run as
+useradd -r -m inbucket
+
+# Create datastore directory
+mkdir /var/opt/inbucket
+chown inbucket: /var/opt/inbucket
+
+# Copy logrotate config into place
+cp inbucket.logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/logrotate
+chown root: /etc/logrotate.d/logrotate
+
+# Copy init script into place and activate
+cp inbucket-init.sh /etc/init.d
+chown root: /etc/init.d/inbucket
+chmod 755 /etc/init.d/inbucket
+chkconfig --add inbucket
+
+# Copy the sample config into place
+# NOTE: there is a "cap" command in the init script that allows inbucket
+#       to listen on privileged ports without running as root.
+cp ../unix-sample.conf /etc/opt/inbucket.conf
+chown root: /etc/opt/inbucket.conf
+
+(confirm /etc/opt/inbucket.conf is to your liking)
+
+# Start the daemon
+service inbucket start
+
+# Confirm it stayed running
+service inbucket status
+
+# Check inbucket's startup messages
+less /var/log/inbucket.log