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# 1  
Old 10-21-2011
useradd problem number 2
i added a default user by command

HTML Code:
useradd shekhar
it took user's default directory as /home/shekhar

now when i am going inside /home and giving this command

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cd /home
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ls-ld
it is not showing any directory named shekhar? why so?

thanx
shekhar
# 2  
Old 10-21-2011
useradd by default doesn't create user's home directory unless you specify the -m

Quote:
-m Create the new user's home directory if it does
not already exist. If the directory already
exists, it must have read, write, and execute
permissions by group, where group is the user's
primary group.
Otherwise create it by issuing mkdir command
# 3  
Old 10-21-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by h@foorsa.biz
useradd by default doesn't create user's home directory unless you specify the -m



Otherwise create it by issuing mkdir command

thanx for your reply!

but my query is not yet over..if it is not created automaticaly then why its showing user's home directory as
Code:
/home/shekhar

when i am issuing
HTML Code:
finger -m shekhar
# 4  
Old 10-21-2011
Do you have LDAP supported on your server, are users logging in through LDAP also?

Also, can you paste the output of /etc/auto_home.

Regards,
Vishal
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