[CoLoCo] can't add user - path exists

[Jim Hutchinson]

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Chomafin <chomafin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not positive, but you might want to try specifying the home directory
> when creating the account.  I presume you are using the "user and groups"
> dialog from the system>administration menu?  On the "New User
> Account"/Advanced tab, there is an option for home directory.  What happens
> if you set it as "/home/jim/".  You may need to chmod the path to something
> like 777 to allow it to grant access?  That would be my only other thought.
> Maybe someone more versed in creating accounts can step in with another
> idea?
>

Good thought but it didn't work. I get the same error about already existing
- even with the chmod.
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