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Re: no user home directory



On Saturday, 06.08.2005 at 23:18 +0100, Inhabitant of Zion wrote:

> I am trying to add a user directory but when ever I create a new user
> it does not create a home directory for that user and so thus you
> can't log in.
> 
> Why is this not working for me?anybody suggest a way to fix this?

You need to use the '-m' option to useradd.

Try 'man useradd' :-)

Dave.
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