specialized subdirectory
Stuart Sears
stuart at sjsears.com
Thu Jul 8 16:52:43 UTC 2004
Crucificator wrote:
> Crucificator wrote:
>
>> Check out /etc/skel
>>
>> j.travis wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to create a specialized subdirectory whenever useradd is
>>> invoked. More specifically:
>>>
>>> for a user: user1
>>> with a home directory: /home/share
>>>
>>> I would like to automatically create:
>>>
>>> /home/share/.user1-mail/ when I issue:
>>>
>>> useradd -d /home/share user1 I have been looking through
>>> the files in /etc/profile /etc/skel /etc/bashrc and whatnot but
>>> haven't found the right spot yet. Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> Ooops, sorry, I didn't see that you are trying to create a directory
> outside your user home directory
I don't think he is ( actually , I have no evidence to that the OP is
male... oh well, I've said it now).
The problem with the /etc/skel method is that it will copy the entire
contents of /etc/skel to the new homedir, with their original names. If
all the users being added share the same homedir (ill-advised in my
personal opinion ;-) ) there will only ever be one mail directory...
Stuart
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