Subject: Re: vipw creating homes
To: Emmanuel Dreyfus <p99dreyf@criens.u-psud.fr>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/07/2001 00:41:18
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> I've added a -h flag to my local vipw. vipw -h creates home directories
> for all users that do not have a home.
Don't put functionality into a place where it does not belong.
vipw -> edit master.passwd
create dir -> mkdir
useradd -> deal with all of it
I think having the functionality to create nonexistand (but
required) homedirs might be useful, but then as a seperate script.
- Hubert
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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>