Consider the sequence: -> bring up the <<add user>> window -> enter the username, full name, passwd, passwd -> by this point the home-directory is filled in with: /home/username say -> de-select create home directory (I was putting back an old account); home-directory's field remains the same -> create the account The home-directory field of the password file is completly empty.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 416421 ***