Can useradd create directory recursively?
Issue
I was going to add user and create directory using useradd command, but an error occured with the following message:
# useradd -m -d /home/user/testuser1 testuser1
useradd: cannot create directory /home/user/testuser1
"/home/user" was not created, and I expected that "/home/user/ and "/home/user/testuser1" are created at rhe same time.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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