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Name: jimmy
Date: June 6, 2002 at 22:49:49 Pacific
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hello
i create the user account and also create its home directory
# useradd -u 5555 -G root,sysadmin -s /sbin/sh -d /export/home/test test
# passwd test
password:xxxxxxxx
confirm password: xxxxxxxx
but when i login through test user account i get the error messege that
home directory cannot be located
or something like home directory error
any possible solution
bye



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Name: belov
Date: June 7, 2002 at 01:31:28 Pacific
Reply:

-d /export/home

it's better to use admintool for this


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Response Number 2
Name: ====
Date: June 9, 2002 at 19:22:12 Pacific
Reply:

you forgot to use -m option when executing useradd command. it will create the homedir of new user if that dir does not already exists.


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