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Old 10-29-2008, 11:30 AM   #1
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Creating a user without a home directory.

Hello All,

I am very new to Unix, and I am trying to create a user without a home directory so that I can then use Pam_mkhomedir to create a custom home directory for that user. Can someone please help me with this.
 
Old 10-29-2008, 11:35 AM   #2
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Hello All,

I am very new to Unix, and I am trying to create a user without a home directory so that I can then use Pam_mkhomedir to create a custom home directory for that user. Can someone please help me with this.
useradd (with no -d flag)

man useradd for details
 
Old 10-29-2008, 11:36 AM   #3
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just do:

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useradd username

also read through:

man useradd
 
  


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