Ошибка not copying any file from skel directory into it

When creating a new local user on Linux  with the useradd  and the directory already exists , the following error warning message appears:

        useradd: warning: the home directory already exists.
        Not copying any file from skel directory into it.

If the directory  didn’t exist , the Linux useradd process  creates the directory and copies  the skel files  : .kshrc , .bashrc , .bash_profile and .bash_logout files into the user directory.

As a DBA it is not unusual to receive a server with directories already in place. In those situations a scripted approach is required to copy the skel files. A quick and dirty solution is to add the following line after the useradd sequence

 cp -r /etc/skel/. /<user_home_directpory>

An example sequence could be :

#add user : db2usr
echo "add user = db2usr"
useradd -g db2iadm1 -m db2usr -p 'dg8WM/S.o/bAE' -d /db2usr
chown db2usr /db2usr

#copy skel files 
cp -r /etc/skel/. /db2usr

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I previously had a user created in my centOS environment. This user was later deleted and I tried creating a new user with the same name, then this error was prompted. See the image below for more information.

[[email protected] ~]# ls -l /oraeng/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.1

total 0

Before creating user oracle11g

[[email protected] ~]# cat /etc/passwd

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin

daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin

adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin

lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin

sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync

shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown

halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt

mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin

news:x:9:13:news:/etc/news:

uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/sbin/nologin

operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/sbin/nologin

games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:/sbin/nologin

gopher:x:13:30:gopher:/var/gopher:/sbin/nologin

ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin

nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin

nscd:x:28:28:NSCD Daemon:/:/sbin/nologin

vcsa:x:69:69:virtual console memory owner:/dev:/sbin/nologin

pcap:x:77:77::/var/arpwatch:/sbin/nologin

mailnull:x:47:47::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin

smmsp:x:51:51::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin

rpc:x:32:32:Portmapper RPC user:/:/sbin/nologin

rpcuser:x:29:29:RPC Service User:/var/lib/nfs:/sbin/nologin

nfsnobody:x:4294967294:4294967294:Anonymous NFS User:/var/lib/nfs:/sbin/nologin

sshd:x:74:74:Privilege-separated SSH:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin

dbus:x:81:81:System message bus:/:/sbin/nologin

haldaemon:x:68:68:HAL daemon:/:/sbin/nologin

avahi-autoipd:x:100:101:avahi-autoipd:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/sbin/nologin

avahi:x:70:70:Avahi daemon:/:/sbin/nologin

distcache:x:94:94:Distcache:/:/sbin/nologin

apache:x:48:48:Apache:/var/www:/sbin/nologin

webalizer:x:67:67:Webalizer:/var/www/usage:/sbin/nologin

squid:x:23:23::/var/spool/squid:/sbin/nologin

ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin

named:x:25:25:Named:/var/named:/sbin/nologin

xfs:x:43:43:X Font Server:/etc/X11/fs:/sbin/nologin

gdm:x:42:42::/var/gdm:/sbin/nologin

sabayon:x:86:86:Sabayon user:/home/sabayon:/sbin/nologin

amanda:x:33:6:Amanda user:/var/lib/amanda:/bin/bash

ident:x:98:98::/home/ident:/sbin/nologin

pvm:x:24:24::/usr/share/pvm3:/bin/bash

quagga:x:92:92:Quagga routing suite:/var/run/quagga:/sbin/nologin

radvd:x:75:75:radvd user:/:/sbin/nologin

privoxy:x:73:73::/etc/privoxy:/sbin/nologin

uuidd:x:101:104:UUID generator helper daemon:/var/lib/libuuid:/sbin/nologin

ldap:x:55:55:LDAP User:/var/lib/ldap:/bin/false

radiusd:x:95:95:radiusd user:/home/radiusd:/sbin/nologin

pegasus:x:66:65:tog-pegasus OpenPegasus WBEM/CIM services:/var/lib/Pegasus:/sbin/nologin

tomcat:x:91:91:Tomcat:/usr/share/tomcat5:/bin/sh

And after executing the command # useradd -u 1010 -g oinstall -G dba -d /oraeng/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.1 -m oracle11g

only one line added to above

oracle11g:x:1010:1002::/oraeng/app/oracle/product:/bin/bash

and warning as i posted before

[[email protected] ~]# useradd -u 1010 -g oinstall -G dba -d /oraeng/app/oracle/product -m oracle

useradd: warning: the home directory already exists.

Not copying any file from skel directory into it.

Regards,

Arya

Здравствуйте, у меня возникла проблема с добавлением новых пользователей в CentOS с помощью скриптов.

Добавить пользователя можно следующим образом:

useradd -g ftp-users -d /home/ftp-docs -p crypted_password login

Для использования этой команды я создал небольшой php-скрипт:

<?php

system(«useradd -g ftp-users -d /home/ftp-docs -p ».crypt($argv[2]).» «.$argv[1]);

?>

При вводе в консоле: php add_user.php test_user_mir testpassword

Пользователь создается и выводится сообщение:
ng: the home directory already exists.

После этой команды пользователь действительно создаётся, но не удаётся его использовать.

При ручном создании пользователя, я делаю следующее:

1. Прописываю в консоле useradd -g ftp-users -d /home/ftp-docs login

2. Прописываю пароль пользователю с помощью команды passwd login

После этих действий можно использовать данный логин для соединение с фтп-сервером.

Но, когда я делаю это с помощью скрипта, я не могу соединиться с фтп-сервером:
Команда: USER login_created_by_script

Хотя в списке пользователей данный логин присутствует.

Буду благодарен за любую помощь в решении данной проблемы.

A CentOS 7 server needs to have a new user created with a specific home directory and shell defined as follows, taken from the instructions at this link:

sudo /usr/sbin/useradd --create-home --home-dir /opt/atlassian/bitbucket --shell /bin/bash atlbitbucket

However, when that command is run on a CentOS 7 server, the command fails with the following error:

useradd: cannot create directory /opt/atlassian/bitbucket

Similarly, creating the /opt/atlassian/bitbucket directory before-hand results in the following error:

useradd: warning: the home directory already exists.
Not copying any file from skel directory into it.

What specific changes need to be made to these commands, so that the new atlbitbucket user can successfully be created?

The Complete Terminal Output:

The following is the complete series of commands and responses in the CentOS 7 terminal:

Manually Creating The Directories:

login as: my_sudoer_user
my_sudoer_user@private.lan.ip.addr's password:
Last login: Mon May 15 14:00:18 2017
[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo mkdir /opt/atlassian/
[sudo] password for my_sudoer_user:
[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo mkdir /opt/atlassian/bitbucket
[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/useradd --create-home --home-dir /opt/atlassian/bitbucket --shell /bin/bash atlbitbucket
useradd: warning: the home directory already exists.
Not copying any file from skel directory into it.

[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo rmdir /opt/atlassian/bitbucket
[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo rmdir /opt/atlassian/

The Recommended useradd Syntax:

[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/useradd --create-home --home-dir /opt/atlassian/bitbucket --shell /bin/bash atlbitbucket
useradd: user 'atlbitbucket' already exists

[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo userdel -r atlbitbucket
userdel: atlbitbucket home directory (/opt/atlassian/bitbucket) not found

[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/useradd --create-home --home-dir /opt/atlassian/bitbucket --shell /bin/bash atlbitbucket
useradd: cannot create directory /opt/atlassian/bitbucket
[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$

adduser Instead Of useradd

I then tried @terdon’s suggestion from this other posting to use adduser instead, but got the same error, as follows:

[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo userdel -r atlbitbucket
[sudo] password for my_sudoer_user:
userdel: atlbitbucket mail spool (/var/spool/mail/atlbitbucket) not found
userdel: atlbitbucket home directory (/opt/atlassian/bitbucket) not found
[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo adduser --create-home --home-dir /opt/atlassian/bitbucket --shell /bin/bash atlbitbucket
adduser: cannot create directory /opt/atlassian/bitbucket
[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$

Shorter Syntax:

Then I tried @rajcoumar’s suggestion from the same other posting, but got the same following results:

[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo userdel -r atlbitbucket
userdel: atlbitbucket mail spool (/var/spool/mail/atlbitbucket) not found
userdel: atlbitbucket home directory (/opt/atlassian/bitbucket) not found
[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ sudo useradd -m -d /opt/atlassian/bitbucket -s /bin/bash atlbitbucket
useradd: cannot create directory /opt/atlassian/bitbucket
[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$

Elevating To root:

I even upgraded to root just to see if the problem could be resolved by running the command as root, but I still got the following error:

[my_sudoer_user@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
Last login: Mon May 15 14:07:11 PDT 2017 on ttyS0
[root@localhost ~]# /usr/sbin/useradd --create-home --home-dir /opt/atlassian/bitbucket --shell /bin/bash atlbitbucket
useradd: cannot create directory /opt/atlassian/bitbucket
[root@localhost ~]#