Description of problem:

If newusers is run to create a batch of new users, and the parent directory(s)
do not exist, the command fails with an uninformative message

Also the man page does not make it clear that the user must make sure parent
directories exist.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
shadow-utils-4.0.17-13.el5

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. $ echo 'dumbo:mypasshere:1234:1234::/tmp/no/such/dir/for/dumbo:/bin/false' |
sudo /usr/sbin/newusers


Actual results:
$ echo 'dumbo:mypasshere:1234:1234::/tmp/no/such/dir/for/dumbo:/bin/false' |
sudo /usr/sbin/newusers
Password:
newusers: line 1: mkdir failed


Expected results:
A more informative message like so :

$ echo 'dumbo:mypasshere:1234:1234::/tmp/no/such/dir/for/dumbo:/bin/false' |
sudo /usr/sbin/newusers
Password:
newusers: line 1: mkdir failed - no parent directory

Additional info:

I have a small patch that changes both the man page and the error message