Bug 531186

Summary:	sys-apps/shadow: enable CREATE_HOME by default
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Michał Górny <mgorny>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	pam-bugs+disabled
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Michał Górny archtester

2014-11-29 23:49:47 UTC

I think the current default of not creating home directories by 'useradd' is sub-optimal. If one creates a regular user, shklee usually expects the home directory to be created. Therefore, I think the CREATE_HOME directive should be uncommented in login.defs.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-02-14 05:40:51 UTC

should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report!

Commit message: Enable CREATE_HOME by default (useradd -m option)
http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/shadow/shadow-4.2.1-r1.ebuild?rev=1.1