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Bug 23872

Summary:	Command useradd's -m flag has faulty operation
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <sh>
Component:	shadow-utils	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	6.2	CC:	sh
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2001-01-25 02:27:59 UTC	Type:	---
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Description Need Real Name 2001-01-12 14:50:56 UTC

As far as I can see useradd has a new behavior in 6.2. The -m flag normally
has to be given to ensure that a new directory is created, but without or
without the flag in 6.2, a new directory is created, which is somewhat
anoying.

Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2001-01-25 02:27:55 UTC

Please Check the setting of the CREATE_HOME flag in /etc/login.defs,
which specifies the default behavior for useradd.

Comment 2 Brent Fox 2002-06-05 03:03:01 UTC

Just checking with 7.3, the default behavior is to create the directory, and
this is specified in /etc/login.defs.  Changing the behavior to "no" does the
right thing.  Closing as 'worksforme'