On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:36:06 -0500, Erik Westenbroek wrote:
> or, we can just do it the easy way:
> useradd -d /home/user_name user_name.
Except that still doesn't create the directory, which is what the OP
wanted. In fact, the -d option is superfluous here, since /home/user_name
is the default.
On Mar 21, 2006, at 3:42 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:32:42 +
THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
On 3/21/06, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
..
if you add the -m argument to useradd, it will create the directory
and own it by the user being added.
..
Ah, thanks all for respondin
or, we can just do it the easy way:
useradd -d /home/user_name user_name.
On 3/21/06, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:32:42 +
> THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
>
> > On 3/21/06, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ..
> > > if you add the -m argument to useradd, it wi
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:32:42 +
THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> On 3/21/06, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ..
> > if you add the -m argument to useradd, it will create the directory
> > and own it by the user being added.
> ..
>
> Ah, thanks all for responding :)
>
>
> -Thufir
Big tip of th
On 3/21/06, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
..
> if you add the -m argument to useradd, it will create the directory
> and own it by the user being added.
..
Ah, thanks all for responding :)
-Thufir
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El Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:10:45 +
THUFIR HAWAT dijo:
> Pardon, but I'm not clear on this command, apparently. Coming from
> fedora, I could just create a user, change the password, login, and
> everything would be set. However, gentoo doesn't create
> /home/user_name ? No problem, I created th
On Mar 21, 2006, at 10:10 AM, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
Pardon, but I'm not clear on this command, apparently. Coming from
fedora, I could just create a user, change the password, login, and
everything would be set. However, gentoo doesn't create
/home/user_name ? No problem, I created that direct
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:10:45 +, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> Pardon, but I'm not clear on this command, apparently. Coming from
> fedora, I could just create a user, change the password, login, and
> everything would be set. However, gentoo doesn't create
> /home/user_name ?
Use the -m/--create-ho
Pardon, but I'm not clear on this command, apparently. Coming from
fedora, I could just create a user, change the password, login, and
everything would be set. However, gentoo doesn't create
/home/user_name ? No problem, I created that directory. However,
"startx" as that user gives errors. I
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