Re: useradd to create home directory?

[Rob Crittenden]

JerryWilliams wrote:
>  I am looking for a way to create the home directory and populate it
> with 
>  the shell profiles.
>  
>  Normally I would use useradd, but it breaks when you use NIS or LDAP or 
>  winbind.
>  
>  It would be nice if useradd had an option that would say yes I know this 
>  account exits in LDAP, just make the home directory and fill it with the 
>  normal stuff and don’t put anything in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow.
>  
>   
>  
>  I guess I am asking for an enhancement to useradd.
>  
>  Is there a better way to do this? 
You might want to investigate pam_mkhomedir.

Or setup an NFS filer and look into automount.

rob