Hello everyone, I am new to linux and was going through some tutorials.

When I created my first user, his dir shows up in /home, but when I created my 2nd and 3rd user, their directories dont show up in /home.

Why is this? When I log in with the 2nd and 3rd user and it logs in and is functional but there is a message saying "No directory, logging in with HOME=/"

Thanks in advance for the help.

EDIT: Sorry this belongs in the Newbie section.

EDIT2:By the way, I'm using VMware Server for a virtual desktop.

What command did you use to add new user 2 and 3?

Thanks for the response Bigrigdiver.

I used the same one as for the first user.

Disregard........re-read your post.

Adding a new user without any other option than the username will create a home directory in /home.

Did you try out some settings or maybe even added a path where to create the new home directory?

Usually you must be root to add new users - did you alter anything that could have changed the default settings

Did you use some GUI tool to add the users or did you do it on the command-line?

I don't think that the VMware environment has any influence on this.

To correct the current situation remove those users and create them again properly. Have a look at the man pages for guidance.

Bye,
M

EDIT: You already answered some of the questions in interim posts. Also have a look at /etc/passwd to see the core user setting.

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Ok problem solved. Thanks alot eveyrone for your help.

I have to input in the command line:
It only works with the option -d or else the user will be created without the home directory. This is Debian netinst I am running I believe.

Thanks again.

Most distros have adduser script that prompts for user details. You could try that too.

I read this post and thought of microsoft lol

I use 'useradd -m username'.