25 Jan
2015
25 Jan
'15
4:45 a.m.
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 03:43:06AM +0000, Always Learning wrote:
-M, do not create user's home directory
so why do I see in /etc/passwd
fred:x:504:504::/home/fred:/sbin/nologin
-M stops it doing a "mkdir" to create the actual directory in the filesystem
Should the 'correct' entry be:-
fred:x:504:504:::/sbin/nologin ?
No; that's invalid. There must be an entry in the home directory field.
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rgds
Stephen