[CentOS] C5 & C6 : useradd

On 25.01.2015 04:54, Always Learning wrote:
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> On Sat, 2015-01-24 at 22:45 -0500, Stephen Harris wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 03:43:06AM +0000, Always Learning wrote:
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>>> Should the 'correct' entry be:-
>>>
>>> 	fred:x:504:504:::/sbin/nologin  ?
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>> No; that's invalid.  There must be an entry in the home directory field.
> 
> Thanks Stephen and Dennis for the helpful explanation.
> 
> I will use:    useradd -d /dev/null -s /sbin/nologin snowman

You can add the -M option too which should get rid of the warning
messages (though I have not tested this).

Regards,
  Dennis