Linux Change Default User Home Directory While Adding A New User
Q. By default user is added to /home directory. I'd like to add user to /iscsi/home/${user} directory instead of default /home. How do I force useradd to add user to /iscsi/home under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora Linux?
A. Default values for account creation defined in /etc/default/useradd file under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora / Debian / Ubuntu and other Linux distros. Simply open this file using a text editor:
# vi /etc/default/useradd
The default home directory defined by HOME variable, find line that read as follows:
HOME=/home
Replace with:
HOME=/iscsi/user
Save and close the file. Now you can add user using regular useradd command:
# useradd vivek
# passwd vivek
Verify user information:
# finger vivek
Output:
Login: vivek Name: Vivek Gite
Directory: /iscsi/user/vivek Shell: /bin/bash
Last login Thu Sep 13 07:58 2007 (IST) on pts/1 from 10.16.15.2
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Tags: /etc/default/useradd, account creation, default home, default user, default values, fedora linux, finger command, home directory, passwd_command, user information, useradd_command ~ Last updated on: May 5, 2008
May 6th, 2008 (2 weeks ago) at 12:25 pm
or specify the home with -d in useradd command