pw create home dir issue
Peter Boosten
peter at boosten.org
Tue Apr 22 10:59:27 UTC 2008
Unga wrote:
> --- Peter Boosten <peter at boosten.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Unga wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I cannot get the pw to create a new user's home
>>> directory. Here is what I used:
>>>
>>> pw -V /etc useradd -n test \
>>> -c "Test User" -b /home/ \
>>> -G "wheel,operator" -m -M 0700 \
>>> -k /etc/skel/ -s /usr/local/bin/bash
>>>
>>> It creates the user without user's home directory.
>>> Once home directory is created manually, the
>> account
>>> can be used. I don't have a /etc/pw.conf. I also
>> used
>>> -d /home/, but it still doesn't create the home
>>> directory.
>>>
>> I use it without the slash:
>>
>> adduser -d /home -q -s /usr/local/bin/rzsh
>>
>> Works like charm
>>
>
> There is no keyword adduser to the pw(8) :)
>
Ah, yeah you're right: therefore I used the adduser command :-)
Apologies for the confusion.
Peter
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