Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:03:32 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pw create home dir issue Message-ID: <480DFE44.6050908@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <745411.61636.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <745411.61636.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 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. > > Have I made a mistake or is there a error in pw. I use > FreeBSD 7.0. Hmmm.... I vaguely remember running into this around the turn of the millenium. Excuse me while I dust off those neurons... Yes -- if you use the '-V' switch to pw(8) it silently disables creating the home directory for new accounts. This comes up in the mailing lists occasionally: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2108497+0+archive/2001/freebsd-questions/20011028.freebsd-questions http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-August/016200.html Since the default location for the password files is /etc, you don't need the '-V /etc' switch at all -- omit that, and you should find that user home directories get created for you. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Flat 3 7 Priory Courtyard PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW, UK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREDAAYFAkgN/kQACgkQ3jDkPpsZ+VaJ4wCfbm8Cgf2U8J4xj2XBtMT9/W+j KgEAnRtIEOgv3yYsJ9C2QAUtWOTZbNgG =tMAR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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