Re: adduser -M

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On Thursday 23 January 2003 09:05 pm, Buck wrote:
> Is that the answer I am looking for in my message Samba and Server
> Access?  I need to create users that can't log into the computer at 
the
> keyboard but share a folder with a group of users that share files.

Could be.  All of my Samba users have a home directory but that is 
because their home drectory is on the Samba server :-)   If you do 
not want home directories on the system make sure you turn off the 
[home] share.

> Thank you,
> 
> Buck
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com 
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> On Behalf Of Stephen Carville
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 11:57 PM
> To: psyche-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: adduser -M
> 
> 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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