Bug 124054
Summary: | Existing home directory missing in passwd file | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Joachim Frieben <jfrieben> |
Component: | system-config-users | Assignee: | Brent Fox <bfox> |
Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 2 | ||
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Hardware: | i686 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2004-05-26 03:49:02 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Joachim Frieben
2004-05-23 14:43:04 UTC
You should leave the "Create home directory" button checked. I believe that libuser is smart enough not to write over existing dot files. Please file a bug against libuser if you observe dot files getting overwritten. Otherwise, I don't think that the current behavior is a bug. Unchecking the "Create home directory" button means that you do not want a home directory for that user. I respectfully disagree. If I do not want *any* home directory associated with a newly created user, then I *remove* the /home/foo entry in the system-config-users panel (and the checkmark, too). There is an obvious difference between *creating* and *assigning* a home directory. Removing the checkmark but entering some value for the home directory corresponds to the latter case, leaving the checkmark as well to the former. This appears pretty logical to me. In the case of assigning a home directory no directories/files should be created but-of course-the passwd file should be modified accordingly. |