Bug 910754 – sys-apps/shadow useradd: Creating mailbox file: No such file or directory

• Status: UNCONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Dennis Clarke 2023-07-23 20:13:22 UTC]

This may not be a bug at all but something seems to be missing.
After the installation completes and I get the first boot :

g# useradd -c 'The Admin Dude' -d /home/admsys -e '' -f 0 -g users -m \
> -s /bin/bash -u 1001 admsys
Creating mailbox file: No such file or directory
g# 

Seems like some directory somewhere is missing.

 
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[Comment 1 Dennis Clarke 2024-12-20 02:47:38 UTC]

Here in December of 2024 and this is still happening : 

chroot# rc-update add sshd default
 * service sshd added to runlevel default
chroot# groupadd -g 20002 devl 
chroot# useradd -c 'The Admin Dude Abides' -d /home/admsys -e '' -f 0 -g devl -m -s /bin/bash -u 1001 admsys 
Creating mailbox file: No such file or directory
chroot# 

Yep. This is a real thing.