Bug 505825

Summary:	system-config-users fails to create home dir if an intermediate directory is missing
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Andrei Gaponenko <gandr>
Component:	system-config-users	Assignee:	Nils Philippsen <nphilipp>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Andrei Gaponenko 2009-06-14 07:10:05 UTC

Hi,

The system-config-users utility fails to create home directory for a
new user if the parent directory of the requested home does not exist.
That is, it acts similar to "mkdir <home>", while it would be more
sensible to act like "mkdir -p <home>".

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

system-config-users-1.2.86-1.fc11.noarch

How reproducible: always

Steps to Reproduce:

1.  start system-config-users

2.  click "add user"

3.  enter a new username (e.g. "test5") and password.  Make
    sure the "create home directory" box is checked, and change
    /home/test5 to /home/subdir/test5. Click "OK".
    
Actual results: user "test5" is created but its home directory does
not exist.

Expected results: User's home directory should be created.

Thank you,
Andrei

Comment 1 Nils Philippsen 2016-08-11 11:54:03 UTC

Thanks for taking the time to submit this request for enhancement.
Unfortunately, I haven't gotten around to implement this feature, sorry for
that.

Because I don't actively develop system-config-users anymore, I won't likely
find the time to work on this ticket, so I'll close it now.