In message <4114cbe1-271b-a5ed-9ee1-32e64a09f064 at serverfestival.net>, Holger Ka rsch writes: >1. I have started with: > >useradd -d /export/home/xyz -m -s /bin/bash xyz Was /export/home/xyx created and with correct ownership and write privilege as you specified? # ls -dV /export/home/xyx John groenveld at acm.org