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newusers: doesn't create parent home directories
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Serge Hallyn 2020-12-27 00:16:18 -06:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -219,7 +219,15 @@
<para>
If this field does not specify an existing directory, the
specified directory is created, with ownership set to the
user being created or updated and its primary group.
user being created or updated and its primary group. Note
that <emphasis>newusers does not create parent directories
</emphasis> of the new user's home directory. The newusers
command will fail to create the home directory if the parent
directories do not exist, and will send a message to stderr
informing the user of the failure. The newusers command will
not halt or return a failure to the calling shell if it fails
to create the home directory, it will continue to process the
batch of new users specified.
</para>
<para>
If the home directory of an existing user is changed,