[CentOS] C5 & C6 : useradd

[Stephen Harris]

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