On 25.01.2015 04:30, Always Learning wrote:
>
> useradd --help
>
> -d, --home-dir HOME_DIR home directory for the new user account
> -M, do not create user's home directory
> yet
> useradd -M -s /sbin/nologin FRED
>
> produces in /etc/passwd
>
> fred:x:504:504::/home/fred:/sbin/nologin
>
> Trying again with
>
> useradd -d /dev/null -s /sbin/nologin doris
>
> gives a CLI message
>
> useradd: warning: the home directory already exists.
> Not copying any file from skel directory into it.
>
> and in /etc/password
>
> doris:x:505:505::/dev/null:/sbin/nologin
>
> QUESTION
>
> What is the 'official' method of creating a user with no home directory
> and no log-on ability ?
Your first invocation seemed to look fine. What result do you expect to
get? Every user needs a home directory in /etc/passwd even if it doesn't
exist.
Regards,
Dennis
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