On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 07:11:47PM +0100, Ian Corner wrote:
| I am using the useradd script at /usr/sbin/ to create new accounts. However
| something has happened as the created directory and copied files from
| /etc/skel are not listed as owned by the new user. Instead there is a number
| which increases with every new user I try to add. The number is not the UID
| either. Here is an example:
|
| I run the following command:
| /usr/sbin/useradd -u 100004 -g popusers -c test-account -m -k /etc/skel
| p100004
|
| The created directory indicates the owner as: 34468
Linux userids are 16 bit values. You're seeing the low order 16 bits of
100004 used in the user_id field of the file record. Useradd _ought_ to
check this but obviously doesn't. You'll have to restrict yourself to
smaller numbers. Maybe start at 10000?
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