Re: useradd ignores -K CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=no

["Manuel Arostegui Ramirez" <manuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2007/8/14, Herbert Gasiorowski <gasi3@xxxxxx>:
> I cannot change the default setting of CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL (/etc/default/useradd)
> any more from the command line!
>
> # useradd -K UID_MAX=499 -K CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=no testtt
> configuration error - unknown item 'CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL' (notify administrator)
>
> This happens with an uptodate fedora 7 : shadow-utils-4.0.18.1-15.fc7
> I think the original version 4.0.18.1-13.fc7 did not have this behavior.
>
>
> Is there a new way not to create the mail spool from command line?
>

Did you take a look at the /etc/default/useradd ?
Try adding this option to it:

CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=yes

Hope this helps
Manuel.