In http://bugs.debian.org/154996, the user complains that nothing
really mentions that "-d" does not create the user's home
directory. He suggest fixing useradd which was done by adding the "-m"
option.
The attached patch, relative to current CVS, makes it clearer that
"-d" alone does not create the home directory.
Tomasz, could you consider applying it to your CVS?
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--- useradd.8.xml.ori 2005-09-12 18:33:28.000000000 +0200
+++ useradd.8.xml 2005-09-12 18:42:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -85,11 +85,15 @@
<listitem>
<para>
The new user will be created using
- <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable> as the value for the user's
- login directory. The default is to append the
+ <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable> as the value for the
+ user's login directory. The default is to append the
<replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable> name to
- <replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable> and use that as the login
- directory name.
+ <replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable> and use that as the
+ login directory name. The
+ <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable> directory may be
+ missing but, in that case, it will not be created unless
+ the <option>-m</option> or <option>--create-home</option>
+ option is used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
