[SOLVED] Directory for new user not created

coltson · 02-18-2024, 06:06 PM

Hi. When I add a new user, I also try to add a new home dir for it in /home. I use:

Code:

sudo useradd -s /bin/bash -g clfs -d /home/clfs clfs

However a clfs dir is not created in /home. Giving a look in /etc/passwd, I have this line:

Code:

clfs:x:1001:1001::/home/clfs:/bin/bash

So what is going wrong here?

astrogeek · 02-18-2024, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coltson

Hi. When I add a new user, I also try to add a new home dir for it in /home. I use:

Code:

sudo useradd -s /bin/bash -g clfs -d /home/clfs clfs

However a clfs dir is not created in /home. Giving a look in /etc/passwd, I have this line:

Code:

clfs:x:1001:1001::/home/clfs:/bin/bash

So what is going wrong here?

From man useradd:

Code:

   -d, --home-dir HOME_DIR
       The new user will be created using HOME_DIR as the value for the user's
       login directory. The default is to append the LOGIN name to BASE_DIR and
       use that as the login directory name. The directory HOME_DIR does not 
       have to exist but will not be created if it is missing.

Use -m instead for default directory, or -m with -d for non-default location (see man page)

pan64 · 02-19-2024, 03:48 AM

see also adduser (instead of useradd)
https://manpages.debian.org/unstable...user.8.en.html