Adding an entry to /etc/passwd on Unix/Linux does not add a home directory
for that user. adduser or useradd or even linuxconf (depending on your
flavor/distribution) takes care of that, but it is a seperate act from adding
a user to /etc/passwd.
That said you do have to add the directory yourself, which is not necessarily
a bad thing, since not all users require a home directory, and you have
complete control over where the directory is created, if at all.
You could even add a few lines to your script to handle special cases, i.e.
non-real users, certain groups etc. :-)
On Thursday 13 December 2001 08:53 pm, Daniel Falkenberg rambled:
> Hi all,
>
> I mean to do what I want I had to add the following system command is
> there and easier way to do the following code add on...?
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> use Unix::PasswdFile;
>
> my $new_user = "test7";
> my $new_fname = "Test";
> my $new_lname = "Account";
> my $new_pass = "password";
>
> my $pw = new Unix::PasswdFile "/etc/passwd";
> $pw->user("$new_user", $pw->encpass("$new_pass"), $pw->maxuid + 1, 45,
> "$new_fname $new_lname", "/home/$new_user", "/bin/false");
> $pw->passwd("$new_user", $pw->encpass("$new_pass"));
> $pw->commit();
> undef $pw;
> system("pwconv $new_user");
> system("mkdir /home/$new_user");
> system("chown $new_user /home/$new_user");
> system("chgrp popusers /home/$new_user");
>
> Thx,
>
> Dan
>
> Hello all,
>
> Could some one help me with the following code? Basically the code
> works OK except for the fact that the user $new_user (s) home dir is not
> created?
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> use Unix::PasswdFile;
>
> my $new_user = "test7";
> my $new_fname = "Test";
> my $new_lname = "Account";
> my $new_pass = "password";
>
> my $pw = new Unix::PasswdFile "/etc/passwd";
> $pw->user("$new_user", $pw->encpass("$new_pass"), $pw->maxuid + 1, 45,
> "$new_fname $new_lname", "/home/$new_user", "/bin/false");
> $pw->passwd("$new_user", $pw->encpass("$new_pass"));
> $pw->commit();
> undef $pw;
> system("pwconv $new_user");
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
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