On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 02:01:48PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When I add users, they get this when they login:
>
> enterprise login: newuser
> Password:
> No directory, logging in with HOME=/
> No mail.
That is very strange. What command did you use to add the user? Check
*- On 19 Jul, Patrick Kirk wrote about "Re: Adding users - two quick questions"
> Thanks. I didn't even know there was a command adduser! Why is it better
> than useradd?
>
adduser is just a perl script that was written by Debian developers. It
ends up calling adduser a
Thanks!
Patrick
On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 03:06:59PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> >
> >
> > About the 'no home' ting: it means that the system couldn't cd to the
> user's
> > homedir after assuming the identity of the user. Usually this means
> > that /home isn't mounted, or wasn't mounted when you added the user,
Quoting Patrick Kirk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >
> >
> > About the 'no home' ting: it means that the system couldn't cd to the
> user's
> > homedir after assuming the identity of the user. Usually this means
> > that /home isn't mounted, or wasn't mounted when you added the user, but
> > you may hav
Thanks. I didn't even know there was a command adduser! Why is it better
than useradd?
Patrick
Hm. usually the home directory is set up and
created in the adduser sequence.
You usually get something like:
home directory: (/home/$logname)
what you can do by hand is check your
"/etc/passwd" file and make sure the home directory
field
(ie the field before the shell path)
points to an existing
>
>
> About the 'no home' ting: it means that the system couldn't cd to the
user's
> homedir after assuming the identity of the user. Usually this means
> that /home isn't mounted, or wasn't mounted when you added the user, but
> you may have other reasons. Just make sure that the entry in /etc/
Quoting Patrick Kirk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi all,
>
> When I add users, they get this when they login:
>
> enterprise login: newuser
> Password:
> No directory, logging in with HOME=/
> No mail.
>
> Why is no home directory available for them and how do I get the system to
> create default dir
About the 'no home' ting: it means that the system couldn't cd to the user's
homedir after assuming the identity of the user. Usually this means
that /home isn't mounted, or wasn't mounted when you added the user, but
you may have other reasons. Just make sure that the entry in /etc/passwd
for
Hi all,
When I add users, they get this when they login:
enterprise login: newuser
Password:
No directory, logging in with HOME=/
No mail.
Why is no home directory available for them and how do I get the system to
create default directories by appending the username to /home?
I need to be able
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