Description of Problem:

pwck is designed to 'preen' errors out of /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, 
/etc/groups. and /etc/gshadow, nefore running pwconv and so forth.  There 
is an explicit admonitionto run pwch before using pwconv, to avoid various 
erroes.

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

error is through setup-2.4.7-1

How Reproducible:

[root@cronos iso]# rpm -q shadow-utils ;  pwck    
shadow-utils-20000826-4
user adm: directory /var/adm does not exist
user news: directory /var/spool/news does not exist
user uucp: directory /var/spool/uucp does not exist
user gopher: directory /usr/lib/gopher-data does not exist
user gdm: directory /home/gdm does not exist
pwck: no changes
[root@cronos iso]# 

Steps to Reproduce:

As above

Actual Results:

As above

Expected Results:

Silent output (if a *nix command runs without error, it is by 
expectiation, silent)

Additional Information:

[Solution discussion]
	
This implies that the SETUP package has to 'own' the 'home directories,' 
of the userid's which it considers important enough to install ... If a 
given userid is important enough to pre-seed into 'setup', this is proper 
-- 

Alternatiely, the userid list at:

        /usr/share/doc/setup-{shatever}/uidgid 

might be moved to /etc or to /etc/sysconfig [a better approach], and thus 
be formally available for consultation when a SPEC file calls for a 
adduser or useradd ...

This would also enhance consistency ...