You might try using the "-m" switch for the useradd command. Or, use YaST to create your new users, which will do all that for you, as well as set initial passwords, etc.
"man useradd" Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alikhani Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 1:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: problem to create home directory Hi I use useradd command for adding a user but it doesn't create home directory for that user. I user Suse7.2 on mainframe and the type of / filesystem is reiserfs. Please tell me how can i create home directory for users with useradd commnad . Meanwhile I have a Sudors user that permit to user useradd command and can use mkdir command but when I login as that user for adding new user , I can create /home/userdirectory with mkdir command but I can't change the owner and group of user's home directory with Sudors . How can I give this permission to this user to do this without any problems . -- by regards -- Sophia
