user's home directory

[Ken Lee_1]

Whenever we add a new user to system, by default it will create user_home_directory under /home/username.
How can I change the default setting which mean whenever I create a user WITHOUT specifying the user_home_directory it will create user_home_directory under /users/username which "/users" already exist in the system.

[Martono · Accepted solution]

You can change parameter in /etc/default/useradd, change HOME=/users

hope this helps,

[Michael Tully]

Hi,

There is a file called "/etc/default/useradd"
You need to change the line where it states
#default useradd options
HOMEDIR /home
GROUPID 20
INACT -1
EXPIRE

to
HOMEDIR /users

This do the trick
HTH
-Michael