Quoting Patrick Kirk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > > About the 'no home' ting: it means that the system couldn't cd to the > user's > > homedir after assuming the identity of the user. Usually this means > > that /home isn't mounted, or wasn't mounted when you added the user, but > > you may have other reasons. Just make sure that the entry in /etc/passwd > > for the user accurately reflects their homedir, then 'chown -R user ~user' > > and 'chmod -R u+rwX ~user'. > Question is why useradd john -d /home/john doesn't work
Maybe you need -m as well. (In answer to your email, that's partly why I use adduser: less switches to remember, better defaults.) > > I am not sure that listing the users' commands is legal (but I'm not a > > lawyer so don't ask me) or desirable. It's called 'process accounting' in > I would hope that logging what contractors are doing on my machine is legal > or else I could be charged for work that was never done and/or liable for > abuse of the system. Perhaps you could mention this in /etc/issue or whatever (like stating that you're recording a telephone call). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
