Hi,

On a box where Solaris has been freshly installed, one sees this behavior.

-bash-3.00# useradd manoj

-bash-3.00# tail -1 /etc/passwd
manoj:x:100:1::/home/manoj:/bin/sh

-bash-3.00# mkdir /home/manoj
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/home/manoj"; Operation not applicable

-bash-3.00# df -h /home
Filesystem             size   used  avail capacity  Mounted on
auto_home                0K     0K     0K     0%    /home

While I realize why the mkdir failed, it is confusing for a new user who just did a useradd to create a new user account and needs to make the home directory.

This morning, I saw an instance where a Linux user trying Solaris for the first time, found this very confusing. I am not offering solutions. But defaults that don't confuse a new user would be nice.

-Manoj

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