[PLUG] -M option to adduser on Redhat?

[Rich Shepard]

On 29 Jan 2003, Russell Senior wrote:

> I am reading some documentation and trying to convert redhat-speak to
> debian-speak.  I don't have Redhat anywhere and my "/usr/sbin/adduser"
> doesn't have a -M option.  Can someone please quote me the relevant
> section of the adduser manpage?

      -M     The  user  home directory will not be created, even if the system
              wide settings from /etc/login.defs is to create home dirs.

  So you end up with a homeless user. Tsch-tsch!

Rich

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