On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 11:30:03AM +0100, Alexander Klauer wrote: > When calling e.g. > > adduser --no-create-home --home /afs/path/to/home --uid 40003 johndoe > > adduser gives me the warning message: > > Warning: The home dir you specified does not exist. > > This is wrong in my case. The specified directory DOES exists, but the > root user does not have access to its parent dir, as opposed to normal > users with sufficient AFS access permissions. > > I suggest to add a check to adduser whether it can access the parent > dir, and if not, output a different warning message, such as > > Warning: Unable to access parent directory of specified home dir.
I'd prefer changing the error message to "Warning: The home dir you specified cannot be accessed", with "dir does not exist" being a special case (a not existing directory is inaccessible). This change will have to wait until post-etch due to translations. Greetings from Käfertal Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
