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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:48:46 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] /sys/lib/newuser patch
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> When we try to cd to $home, it does not exist (as checked by the previous if),
> and $cwd is set to / by default...  The following patch simply makes $home
> before cd'ing to it.
>
> Is this supposed to be the expected nehaviour?
>
>   EBo --
>
> =========================
> --- a/sys/lib/newuser	2008-06-30 08:44:02.000000000 -0500
> +++ b/sys/lib/newuser	2010-04-11 15:36:41.865384817 -0500
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>  	echo user directories already made
>  	exit no
>  }
> +mkdir $home
>  cd $home
>  x='$'
>  mkdir bin bin/rc bin/mips bin/386

newuser assumes that your home directory exists, and on a
normal plan 9 install, it's likely not possible to create anything
in /usr without doing it on the fs console.

- erik