[CoLoCo] can't add user - path exists

[Scott Scriven]

* Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
> So if I have a path like
> 
> /home/jim
> 
> and I want to make a new user "jim" how do I get around the 
> error and have it use the same path?

Something like this should work...

  % ls -l /home
  ...
  drwxr-xr-x  2  1007     1007   92 Aug  5  2007 jim/
  ...
  % sudo adduser --uid 1007 --gid 1007 --no-create-home jim
  ...
  %

Then again, I think adduser might work without the option for 
home.  Just be sure to specify the same uid/gid as your existing 
data, to make sure the user has access to their files.


-- Scott