* Mark Symonds via Pkg-shadow-devel <pkg-shadow-de...@alioth-lists.debian.net>
[250418 17:09]:
Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.17.4-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
In useradd(8), we have the following:
-d, --home-dir 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 BASE_DIR and use
that
as the login directory name. If the directory HOME_DIR does not exist,
then it will be created unless the -M option is specified.
The last sentence says HOME_DIR will be created, but it is not. Looking
further,
it appears the reason is because CREATE_HOME does not exist in /etc/login.defs
I've attached a patch to remove the last sentence of above description.
(the patch appears to be missing)
If, as you say, this is configurable in /etc/login.defs, then: IMO
it would be better to send a patch describing the configurable
behaviour, and sending that upstream.
For option -M, there is already some text about CREATE_HOME.
I guess it was an overseen that -d would also need some text.
Best,
Chris
