[CentOS] C5 & C6 : useradd

[Dennis Jacobfeuerborn]

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 directory 
> yet
>      useradd -M -s /sbin/nologin FRED
> 
> produces in /etc/passwd
> 
>      fred:x:504:504::/home/fred:/sbin/nologin
> 
> Trying again with
> 
>      useradd -d /dev/null -s /sbin/nologin doris
> 
> gives 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/nologin
> 
> QUESTION
> 
> 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.

Regards,
  Dennis