On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 09:02:30PM -0500, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > > Why is it that "useradd" does NOT create a "home" > directory and copy the /etc/skel files?? > > I use the standard useradd -u... -g... -d... -s... -c... logname > command on our Debian system and no home directory is created. becauser useradd by itself sucks, which is why debian wrote the wrapper script adduser. > I use adduser and the home directory is created, but I have > to manually edit the /etc/passwd file to adjust the UIG, GID, > etc. adduser --uid 10000 username adduser --uid 10001 --ingroup users username man adduser -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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