Merge pull request #602 from jerzybrzoska/patch-5

node_operations.asciidoc: -m is needed for 'useradd' to work
3 years ago · 4fb21e5a8c
parent e64d151cfb eec465f44e
commit 4fb21e5a8c
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--- a/node_operations.asciidoc
+++ b/node_operations.asciidoc
@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ In addition, if you have connected an external drive, you will need to tell the
 On most Linux systems you can create a new user with the +useradd+ command, like this:

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-$ sudo useradd -d /external_drive/bitcoin -s /dev/null bitcoin
+$ sudo useradd -m -d /external_drive/bitcoin -s /dev/null bitcoin
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-The +d+ flag assigns the user's home directory. In this case, we put it on the external drive. The +s+ flag assigns the user's interactive shell. In this case we set it to +/dev/null+ to disable interactive shell use. The last argument is the new user's username +bitcoin+.
+The +m+ and +d+ flags create the user's home directory as specified by /external_drive/bitcoin in this case. The +s+ flag assigns the user's interactive shell. In this case we set it to +/dev/null+ to disable interactive shell use. The last argument is the new user's username +bitcoin+.

 ==== Node startup