On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 16:45, Chris W. Parker wrote:
> hi.
>
> i am just installing and configuraing mysql and i started to think about
> users that are solely meant to run services. i imagine that for those
> users you wouldn't use 'useradd servicename' because then you'd just
> fill up your /home directory with a bunch of wasted space.
>
> what is the process for adding these types of users?
Right there in the useradd manpage:
-M The user home directory will not be created, even if the system
wide settings from /etc/login.defs is to create home dirs.
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