On Sun, 2015-01-25 at 04:38 +0100, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote:
> 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.
Guten Morgen Denis,
Aber/But .....
-M, do not create user's home directory
so why do I see in /etc/passwd
fred:x:504:504::/home/fred:/sbin/nologin
Should the 'correct' entry be:-
fred:x:504:504:::/sbin/nologin ?
OK, I can use -d /nix but what should -M actually do ?
--
Regards,
Paul.
England, EU. Je suis Charlie.
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