On 4/10/06, Matt England <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $ useradd myname > > ...creates an a login named "myname" with a home directory of /home/myname > (or whatever pathname format the system conf/template files specify). > > On at least some flavor of Debian systems (I tested with Debian3.1-based > derivations), the home directory is *not* created unless one uses the "-m" > switch as in:
Might want to use the search on the mailinglist archives. Anway, useradd is for low lvl stuff, adduser is the script for adding users. read man adduser and man useradd. And yes it's a very frequently asked question. greets, Wim
