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authorMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2007-03-19 21:13:34 +0000
committerMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2007-03-19 21:13:34 +0000
commitd1538c00041c086bc445337dc9c1b76a698808ab (patch)
tree1be79aa1baa3dcd3f95bdfb6e94aba1ac65187d5 /chapter06/shadow.xml
parent7ea4443021dda2276fddaf6cb390ceee7e71a917 (diff)
Change the default home directory for new users to /home and prevent useradd from creating mail spool files.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7969 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ ln -sfv ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput>grpconv</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Shadow's stock configuration for the <command>useradd</command>
+ utility is not suitable for LFS systems. Use the following commands to
+ change the default home directory for new users and prevent the creation of
+ mail spool files:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>useradd -D -b /home
+sed -i 's/yes/no/' /etc/default/useradd</userinput></screen>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">