-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tom Spec wrote: > I have also had this issue in the past adding local users to machines setup for LDAP. Try using the command: > > system-config-users > > You need a graphical environment to run this. > > Otherwise you can just manually add the user to /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, make them a home directory, copy default files from /etc/skel into their home directory and modifiy ownership of their home directory/files. > > > I've been doing that, but I'd like to know /why/ this happens and /how/ I can fix it. Surely there's a mechanism for it. - -- Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEoYNQYQhnfRtc0AIRAmIuAKDygG3dUkxNM4P1924YN9TYodaHGwCff/im K/xTVOWuP9WDkY4NQPa4fE8= =KN3l -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----