Randy, Don't worry, be happy! Thanks for your help.
It is working after chmod 666 /dev/null mlij '>' '>'[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote these words on 09/06/05 19:24 CDT: '>' '>'> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -la /dev/null '>'> crw------- 1 root root 1, 3 2005-09-06 15:49 /dev/null '>' '>'And here resides the problem. '>' '>'The command you are issuing is trying to create a home dir for '>'the user. The command uses "-m -k /dev/null" so that it will create '>'the home dir, but populate it with the contents of /dev/null. '>' '>'Since the user you are trying to create cannot read /dev/null, the '>'command fails. '>' '>'Do this: '>' '>'chmod 666 /dev/null '>' '>'After that, everything should be okay. '>' '>'Again, my sincere apologies for my earlier remarks. '>' '>'-- '>'Randy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
