From 88128000c92c8fdaefc2935a0b8b3605e84dd655 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ikerexxe Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:46:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] newusers: doesn't create parent home directories man/newusers.8.xml: clarify that newusers doesn't create parent directories of the new user's home directory. --- man/newusers.8.xml | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/newusers.8.xml b/man/newusers.8.xml index 13307cc1..f80e8460 100644 --- a/man/newusers.8.xml +++ b/man/newusers.8.xml @@ -219,7 +219,15 @@ If this field does not specify an existing directory, the specified directory is created, with ownership set to the - user being created or updated and its primary group. + user being created or updated and its primary group. Note + that newusers does not create parent directories + of the new user's home directory. The newusers + command will fail to create the home directory if the parent + directories do not exist, and will send a message to stderr + informing the user of the failure. The newusers command will + not halt or return a failure to the calling shell if it fails + to create the home directory, it will continue to process the + batch of new users specified. If the home directory of an existing user is changed,