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  1. Bug #1321854
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1321854

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Roberto Suarez (robe-allenta) wrote :

Could this be a sign of useradd ignoring everything in /etc/default/useradd? I've stumbled upon a problem when changing the default HOME base directory. Example:

# useradd -D
GROUP=100
HOME=/tmp
INACTIVE=-1
EXPIRE=
SHELL=/bin/sh
SKEL=/etc/skel
CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=no
# useradd -m testuser14
# grep testuser14 /etc/passwd
testuser14:x:5012:5012::/home/testuser14:

I think useradd is not only ignoring the SHELL variable (though I didn't change it in this example), but also the rest of variables that appear in /etc/default/useradd.