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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Package: adduser<BR>
Version: 3.85<BR>
Severity: normal<BR>
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If creating the home directory fails there is no error message<BR>
indicating why.<BR>
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# adduser --system --debug sshd<BR>
Selecting uid from range 100 to 999.<BR>
Adding system user `sshd' with uid 107...<BR>
Adding new user `sshd' (107) with group `nogroup'.<BR>
/usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/sshd -g nogroup -s /bin/false -u 107 sshd<BR>
/usr/bin/chage -M 99999 sshd<BR>
Creating home directory `/home/sshd'.<BR>
Cleaning up.<BR>
Removing directory `/home/sshd'<BR>
rm -rf /home/sshd<BR>
Removing user `sshd'.<BR>
userdel sshd<BR>
#<BR>
<BR>
In this case /home is controlled by autofs:<BR>
# mkdir /home/sshd<BR>
mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/sshd': No such file or directory<BR>
# ls -ld /home<BR>
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2006-03-10 12:19 /home<BR>
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-- System Information:<BR>
Debian Release: testing/unstable<BR>
APT prefers unstable<BR>
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')<BR>
Architecture: i386 (i686)<BR>
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash<BR>
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686-smp<BR>
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)<BR>
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Versions of packages adduser depends on:<BR>
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.71 Debian configuration management sy<BR>
ii passwd 1:4.0.14-7 change and administer password and<BR>
ii perl-base 5.8.8-2 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis<BR>
<BR>
adduser recommends no packages.<BR>
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-- debconf information:<BR>
adduser/homedir-permission: true</FONT>
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