Description of problem: I want to use the new kickstart keyword 'user' to create local users, but doing so the newly created users doesn't have their home created. I use these kind of lines : user --name=prof --groups=500 --homedir=/home/prof --uid=500 --password=wMi8V*****6s --iscrypted How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.create users entry in kickstart 2.install your FC6 3.the users exists but doesn't have a home Actual results: users exists (in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow) but doesn't have their home directories Expected results: users created with home, ready to use
I learn something new about the standard python library all the time. This will be fixed in the next build of anaconda in Rawhide. As a workaround, you can just add the mkdir call to a %post script.