Q. By default user is added to /home directory. I'd like to add user to /iscsi/home/${user} directory instead of default /home. How do I force useradd to add user to /iscsi/home under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora Linux?
A. Default values for account creation defined in /etc/default/useradd file under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora / Debian / Ubuntu and other Linux distros. Simply open this file using a text editor:
# vi /etc/default/useradd
The default home directory defined by HOME variable, find line that read as follows:
HOME=/home
Replace with:
HOME=/iscsi/user
Save and close the file. Now you can add user using regular useradd command:
# useradd vivek
# passwd vivek
Verify user information:
# finger vivek
Output:
Login: vivek Name: Vivek Gite
Directory: /iscsi/user/vivek Shell: /bin/bash
Last login Thu Sep 13 07:58 2007 (IST) on pts/1 from 10.16.15.2
No mail.
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or specify the home with -d in useradd command
Nice…info…but it doesnt work ;_( it still gives same error as before changeing in /etc/default/usradd
[root@localhost ~]# useradd -d /root/lvm/ mas
useradd: warning: the home directory already exists.
Not copying any file from skel directory into it.
Hi All,
Anyone who can teach me the solution for this problem:
I add a user jayabellon using this command:
useradd -u 888 -g oinstall -G dba -d /home/jayabellon -r jayabellon
i forgot to create home directory when I log-In so it prompts me cannot go to that directory.
I deleted the user and retry to create again.
But still, when I log-In, this is what it looks like:
-bash-3.00$
I am expecting it to be
[user@hostname]$
this is my entry in /etc/passwd:
jayabellon:x:888:501:jayabellon:/home/jayabellon:/bin/bash
actually, i am only working in a test server. Nothing much critical on this one.
It’s just that its my first time to create user using command line, because i usually do it in GUI based.
REgards,
Jay A
-bash-3.00$ finger jayabellon
Login: jayabellon Name: jayabellon
Directory: /home/jayabellon Shell: /bin/bash
Never logged in.
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Pass -m option to useradd command to create users home dir.
I got it.
it’s in man page also.
:D
found that it’s faster to create user in command line rather than using GUI Administration tool.
Thanks Vivek
Any chance you can provide a similar command for Oracle SQL?
Thanks. I’ve been wondering how to change the default home directory for a while now. Glad I found this to explain how.
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