skel file not created

ahmedb72 · 07-20-2007, 11:58 AM

Hi all,

After I created a user using useradd command, I didn't see the file .profile created in his home directory from the /etc/skel directory.

Code:

bsash-3.00# cd /etc/skel/
bash-3.00# ls
local.cshrc    local.login    local.profile
bash-3.00# cat local.profile
#
# Copyright (c) 2001 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
# All rights reserved.
#
# ident "@(#)local.profile      1.10    01/06/23 SMI"
stty istrip
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:.
export PATH
bash-3.00# cd /users
bash-3.00# mkdir simon
bash-3.00# useradd -d /users/simon/ -s /bin/bash -c "test user" simon
bash-3.00# cd /users/simon/
bash-3.00# ls
bash-3.00# ls -al
total 4
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         512 Jul 20 20:46 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 root     root         512 Jul 20 20:46 ..

ilikejam · 07-20-2007, 02:37 PM

Hi.

Try adding '-m' to the useradd args.

Dave

ADxD_7 · 08-14-2007, 02:13 PM

See if it helps to add -k /etc/skel

kebabbert · 08-14-2007, 04:48 PM

Or use "smc" as root for correctly adding a user. It is a GUI that allows you to do lots of administration.