Add a user, doesnt auto create home dir

[csmicgirl7]

What do I need to do to get this to work? I can create the dir. manually and it works..

Thanks!!

cg

[Strike]

What are you using to add the user?

[mangeli]

If you're at the command line, use adduser

That will automagically create the home dir for the user you added....

[csmicgirl7]

I use the useradd command...

[Ripley]

Back to the top. I would like to know the answer to this one too (for useradd).

Mandrake 6.1 had a section in /etc/login.defs to enable/disable this feature (automatic ~/<username> creation) and a file /etc/skel which contained various default scripts (.bash_profile etc). The section is missing from the current login.defs (lfs system) and doesn't work if added. login.defs is from the shadow password suite as I understand it.