Bug 143734
Summary: | Create New User does not preserve existing Home Directory setting | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Jerry Amundson <jamundso> |
Component: | system-config-users | Assignee: | Nils Philippsen <nphilipp> |
Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 8 | ||
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Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | system-config-users-1.2.79-1.fc9.noarch | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
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Last Closed: | 2008-08-14 15:32:03 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Jerry Amundson
2004-12-26 04:36:51 UTC
Sorry for taking so long to respond (ashes on my head and all that). Hm, I'm not quite sure about your problem though I am sure that it would still exist in FC5, as I haven't changed anything that could have an effect on that in between. Let me see whether I understand your issue: - You had /home on a separate partition/volume - You installed anew, preserving /home and e.g. /home/user with its contents - You added e.g. the user "user", unchecking "Create home directory" - The home directory changes (? -- how, /home/user already existed?!) - /etc/passwd doesn't contain a home directory Please explain ;-). Add User, then Delete (but *uncheck* the Delete mail, homedir... box). Now, Add User, but uncheck the box to Create home directory, the Directory field remains intact (implying that it's being set), but the /etc/passwd record is useless with no homedir: luser:x:501:501:Local User::/bin/bash Bottom line : Even if Create is unchecked, set it in /etc/passwd to the default. Fedora Core 5 is no longer maintained. Is this bug still present in Fedora 8? Can confirm for F8 I've just checked this with system-config-users-1.2.79-1.fc9.noarch in F9, there the home directory is set appropriately. |