From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 13 10:47:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA28104 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 10:47:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp4.ny.us.ibm.COM (smtp4.ny.us.ibm.com [198.133.22.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA28099 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 10:47:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Ghulam_Dastgir@uk.ibm.com) Received: from relay3.server.ibm.com (relay3.server.ibm.com [9.14.2.100]) by smtp4.ny.us.ibm.COM (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA34832 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 13:36:27 -0400 Received: from UK.IBM.COM (d06lms01.emea.ibm.com [9.166.34.1]) by relay3.server.ibm.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA34126 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 13:46:16 -0400 Received: by UK.IBM.COM (Soft-Switch LMS 2.0) with snapi via D06AU007 id 5060100023355246; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 17:53:25 +0000 From: Ghulum Dastgir To: Subject: adding a user Message-ID: <5060100023355246000002L062*@MHS> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 17:53:25 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id KAA28100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, i'm a bit worried that when i add a user it goes into /home/username. Doesn't this mean that this user's home directory is in the root file system. if this is the case then when say the user creates files he is writing to a file in root's subdirectory. and this can never be a good thing 'cos all user files should be in the /usr filesystem? or is this actually a symlink? a clarification on this would be welcome. a final point is when adding a user through vipw how can i ensure that the group is a member of wheel (thereby enabling su access). I know some folk would say why don't I use adduser, this is because i'm trying to see what would happen if i had a lot of users to add to a system, in which case vipw's use of an editor helps. thanx, ghulam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message