On Sun, 2015-01-25 at 04:38 +0100, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote:
On 25.01.2015 04:30, Always Learning wrote:
useradd --help
-d, --home-dir HOME_DIR home directory for the new user account -M, do not create user's home directoryyet useradd -M -s /sbin/nologin FRED
produces in /etc/passwd
fred:x:504:504::/home/fred:/sbin/nologinTrying again with
useradd -d /dev/null -s /sbin/nologin dorisgives a CLI message
useradd: warning: the home directory already exists. Not copying any file from skel directory into it.and in /etc/password
doris:x:505:505::/dev/null:/sbin/nologinQUESTION
What is the 'official' method of creating a user with no home directory and no log-on ability ?
Your first invocation seemed to look fine. What result do you expect to get? Every user needs a home directory in /etc/passwd even if it doesn't exist.
Guten Morgen Denis,
Aber/But .....
-M, do not create user's home directory
so why do I see in /etc/passwd
fred:x:504:504::/home/fred:/sbin/nologin
Should the 'correct' entry be:-
fred:x:504:504:::/sbin/nologin ?
OK, I can use -d /nix but what should -M actually do ?