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has caused the Debian Bug report #302630,
regarding `useradd -d` behaviour could be clarified in manpage
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From: Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Patch for this man page update request for useradd
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tags 154996 upstream patch
thanks
In #154996, the bug submitter mentions that the directory mentioned
with the "-d" option is not created if missing.
Indeed, this bug report suggests documenting this in the man page,
which I think is what to do (again, given the low-level nature of
useradd, I don't think it's worth adding it some directory creation
code)
The attached patch does the needed changes to useradd.8 so that this
behaviour is properly documented.
Tomasz, I think it's also worth applying it in your CVS.
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--- useradd.8.ori 2005-05-17 18:52:53.034059944 +0200
+++ useradd.8 2005-05-17 20:05:36.479547477 +0200
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@
The new user's password file comment field.
.IP "\fB\-d\fR \fIhome_dir\fR"
The new user will be created using \fIhome_dir\fR as the value for the
-user's login directory. The default is to append the \fIlogin\fR name to
-\fIhome\fR and use that as the login directory name.
+user's login directory. The default is to append the \fIlogin\fR name
+to \fIhome\fR and use that as the login directory name. The directory
+\fIhome_dir\fR does not have to exist but will \fBnot\fR be created if it is
+missing.
.IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIexpire_date\fR"
The date on which the user account will be disabled. The date is specified
in the format \fIYYYY\-MM\-DD\fR.
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