Hi Everyone.<br><br>Still working on that VPS w/o a control panel.<br><br>Got the FTPD server up and running.....<br><br>Now I am trying to add a user, defining the directory &amp; no shell.<br><br>User&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : klsmith03<br>Password : test03<br><br>After much research I came up with the following command.&nbsp; <br><br>useradd&nbsp; -d /home/klsmith03/public_html -m - g ftpuser -p test03 -s /bin/ftp klsmith03<br><br>I get error : useradd cannot create directory /home/klsmith03/public_html<br><br>I googled and found some others are having the same problem.&nbsp; The answer on every post was to add the -m argument.&nbsp; As you can see I have the -m argument in my command.&nbsp; <br><br>I've moved the -m argument around but I still get the same error message.<br><br>Any help much appreciated<br>Keith<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><b><i><br></i></b><p>&#32;__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of
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