Re: adduser -M

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On Thursday 23 January 2003 08:39 pm, Buck wrote:
> The command: adduser -M creates a new user without creating his home
> directory.  What happens to a user that logs in and has no home
> directory?

They will get dropped in / if possible.  I use -M with -s /bin/nologin 
or -s /bin/false to create accounts that cannot be logged onto.

-- 
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Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only of the front 
sight.



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