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Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 23:54:11 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com>
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Mo DeJong wrote:
> Ok, but I still do not understand why the /etc/passwd file would
> be created without a home directory, and why does it find
> /bin/sh as the home dir instead of ""?
> 
> What program is run to generate this /etc/passwd file?
> It seems like this problem needs to be fixed there.

The program is `mkpasswd' and it's in the winsup/utils subdirectory.
The home directory _is_ written to /etc/passwd if a home directory
is stored in the NT user database. Otherwise it remains empty.

The /bin/sh effect... I don't know. Never saw that before. What
about debugging that problem?		

Corinna

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