From d1538c00041c086bc445337dc9c1b76a698808ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:13:34 +0000
Subject: 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
---
 chapter06/createfiles.xml | 1 +
 chapter06/shadow.xml      | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

(limited to 'chapter06')

diff --git a/chapter06/createfiles.xml b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
index 32896f1a6..581c921b6 100644
--- a/chapter06/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ video:x:12:
 utmp:x:13:
 usb:x:14:
 cdrom:x:15:
+mail:x:34:
 nogroup:x:99:</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml
index 210d90bf3..8c62ff81a 100644
--- a/chapter06/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml
@@ -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">
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