add a user

[kacou]

I have an error message see below. I need a help please. hp-ux serveur
root:/>useradd -d /DT02 toto
'/DT02' is not a valid directory

[Jeeshan]

do u have /DT02 directory exist?

post the command output

#ll /

[VIKAS_23]

Mine is working well, only thing I added is

useradd -d /DT02 -m toto

But I dont think it will make any difference if this directory already exists.

[kacou]

-rw------- 1 root sys 10 May 23 15:27 .mozilla-license
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 965 Feb 15 2007 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 96 May 22 14:38 .ssh
drwxr-xr-x 6 root sys 96 Apr 10 12:50 .sw
drw-r-xrw- 3 root root 96 Jun 24 17:13 DT01
drwxrw-rw- 3 yao root 96 Jun 25 12:13 DT02
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Jun 23 10:24 DT03
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Apr 17 12:08 U01
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 2176 Apr 17 11:32 U01paths
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Apr 17 12:12 U02
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 3362 Apr 17 11:36 U02paths
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Apr 17 11:06 appl
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 641 Apr 17 12:19 bdffile
lrwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 8 Apr 10 12:50 bin -> /usr/bin
drwxrwxrwx 2 root sys 96 Apr 10 16:34 cdrom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 145 May 19 12:12 compt
dr-xr-xr-x 21 bin bin 8192 Jun 23 08:10 dev
dr-xr-xr-x 36 bin bin 8192 Jun 25 11:52 etc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 542 Apr 22 15:56 fstab.back
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 414 Apr 17 11:11 fstab.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 458 Apr 17 12:14 fstab.old1
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 8192 Jun 23 17:40 home
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Jun 16 15:46 ioscan
lrwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 8 Apr 10 12:50 lib -> /usr/lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 Apr 10 12:39 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Jun 23 10:24 mount
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1 Jun 20 03:15 net
dr-xr-xr-x 76 bin bin 8192 Apr 10 15:33 opt
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 645 Apr 22 15:57 passwd.back
dr-xr-xr-x 14 bin bin 8192 Apr 10 16:50 sbin
dr-xr-xr-x 8 bin bin 8192 Jun 20 03:15 stand
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 8192 Jun 25 12:09 tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Jun 25 11:01 useradd
dr-xr-xr-x 22 bin bin 8192 Apr 10 15:24 usr
dr-xr-xr-x 27 bin bin 8192 Apr 10 16:20 var

[Jeeshan]

then you can use -m option with useradd command. but the /DT02 directory must have permission read and execute permission by group, where group is the primary group of the new login.

[kacou]

-rw------- 1 root sys 10 May 23 15:27 .mozilla-license
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 965 Feb 15 2007 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 96 May 22 14:38 .ssh
drwxr-xr-x 6 root sys 96 Apr 10 12:50 .sw
drw-r-xrw- 3 root root 96 Jun 24 17:13 DT01
drwxrw-rw- 3 yao root 96 Jun 25 12:13 DT02
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Jun 23 10:24 DT03
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Apr 17 12:08 U01
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 2176 Apr 17 11:32 U01paths
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Apr 17 12:12 U02
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 3362 Apr 17 11:36 U02paths
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Apr 17 11:06 appl
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 641 Apr 17 12:19 bdffile
lrwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 8 Apr 10 12:50 bin -> /usr/bin
drwxrwxrwx 2 root sys 96 Apr 10 16:34 cdrom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 145 May 19 12:12 compt
dr-xr-xr-x 21 bin bin 8192 Jun 23 08:10 dev
dr-xr-xr-x 36 bin bin 8192 Jun 25 11:52 etc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 542 Apr 22 15:56 fstab.back
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 414 Apr 17 11:11 fstab.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 458 Apr 17 12:14 fstab.old1
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 8192 Jun 23 17:40 home
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Jun 16 15:46 ioscan
lrwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 8 Apr 10 12:50 lib -> /usr/lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 Apr 10 12:39 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Jun 23 10:24 mount
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1 Jun 20 03:15 net
dr-xr-xr-x 76 bin bin 8192 Apr 10 15:33 opt
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 645 Apr 22 15:57 passwd.back
dr-xr-xr-x 14 bin bin 8192 Apr 10 16:50 sbin
dr-xr-xr-x 8 bin bin 8192 Jun 20 03:15 stand
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 8192 Jun 25 12:09 tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Jun 25 11:01 useradd
dr-xr-xr-x 22 bin bin 8192 Apr 10 15:24 usr
dr-xr-xr-x 27 bin bin 8192 Apr 10 16:20 var
[SVR-EDW]root:/>ls -l / | grep tmp;ls -l /var | grep tmp
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 8192 Jun 25 12:09 tmp
drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 8192 Jun 25 12:42 tmp

[Mustafa Gulercan]

HÄ°;
drwxrw-rw- 3 yao root 96 Jun 25 12:13 DT02
chmod +x /DT02 make it executable.

regards,
mustafa