[SOLVED] Problems with useradd

[pauhn]

CentOS 5.5

I am trying to add new users, when I use the command:
# useradd newuser

I get:
useradd: cannot create directory /home/users/newuser

I went to my /etc/skel and when I use the command ls it displays:
home

and when I go into /etc/skel/home I have the two directories that I created.

I am logged in as root, and when I ls cd / it shows /home, when I cd into /home everything looks normal.

How do I get this error to stop so I can add new users?

[meton_magis]

does /home/users exist?

also, I think /etc/skel is supposed to map to a home directory directly. For instance, mine has

[meton@server1 ~]$ ls -a /etc/skel
. .. .bash_logout .bash_profile .bashrc .gnome2 .mozilla

you should have files directly in there, not in /etc/skel/home

[purusrhce]

Can you paste the output of the below command.

useradd -D

[ved]

CentOS 5.5

I am trying to add new users, when I use the command:
# useradd newuser

I get:
useradd: cannot create directory /home/users/newuser

I went to my /etc/skel and when I use the command ls it displays:
home

and when I go into /etc/skel/home I have the two directories that I created.

I am logged in as root, and when I ls cd / it shows /home, when I cd into /home everything looks normal.

How do I get this error to stop so I can add new users?

Try to login as root user and than command is work

[LinuxFreakA]

I remember confusion between "useradd" and "adduser". Maby it's that..

[jayd512]

I remember confusion between "useradd" and "adduser". Maby it's that..

That wouldn't be it. Red Hat/Fedora distros use useradd.

[pauhn]

I'm not quite sure what I was doing wrong, but it's working for me now.

must have been one of those id10t errors I hear so much about.

[jayd512]

must have been one of those id10t errors I hear so much about.

Maybe not... could be a PEBKAC* issue!
Those are serious!!!

*Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

Seriously, glad you got it going!