On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 20:03 +0000, David Sugar wrote: > Thank you for this report. I can understand there are differences in > distros sometimes. The default configuration for Debian is to not > create the home directory. You have to explicitly use the -m option to > do so. > > Curiously, the question of whether to automatically create the home > directory is not part of the defaults (/etc/defaults/useradd) as far as > I can see. > > Also, the -d option by itself is not quite what it seems. I note this > from the changelog: > > - debian/patches/459_better_document_useradd_-d > Better document, in useradd.8, that the home_dir specified > with -d is not created if it does not exist > Closes: #154996 > > And: > > - useradd requires the -m option to make it create a home directory > if one does not exist, closes: #39581 > > So this specific behavior was decided upon in Debian. It is possible, > for different reasons, Fedora chose a different default behavior in this > respect. > > In any case, I think the package maintainer should now have enough info > to understand if this needs to be changed, better documented, or left > alone.
Thank you for your reply. Essentially you mean that the default behaviour of useradd under Ubuntu is the -M option, while in Fedora it is the -m option. I am currently reading a Linux book and I considered it a bug. Another thing which I find bothersome, is the fact that the default shell assigned by useradd is /bin/sh instead of /bin/bash, while under X.Org, Ubuntu's Users management assigns /bin/bash by default to new users. I consider this as an inconsistency. In summary, I think that useradd should create the home directory as the default behaviour, and provide the same default shell as its GUI counterparts for consistency. Regards, -- Ioannis Vranos C95 / C++03 Software Developer http://www.cpp-software.net -- useradd doesn't create /home/user_name directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/603283 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
