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[CLUG] useradd/usermod/userdel tools

[CLUG] useradd/usermod/userdel tools

Donncha O Caoimh donncha.ocaoimh at tradesignals.com
Wed Feb 20 18:15:29 GMT 2002


I'm pretty sure you can specify the homedir with useradd, yep, "man
useradd"

-d home_dir The new user will be created using home_dir as the value for
the user's login directory.  The default is  to  append  the  login 
name  to default_home and use that as the login directory name.

Donncha.


"R.Y.Fixer" wrote:
> 
> anyone know if there are tolls out there that a) use shadow passwords b)
> redhat-style private groups for each user AND c) flexible home dir
> creation - what I want it /home/u/s/username
> 
> I can do it with symlinks or I can do it with wrapper scripts that then
> feed the current useradd tools, but I just thought I would check for
> anything already built.




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