user's login directory. The default is to append the
<replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable> name to
<replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable> and use that as the
- login directory name. If the directory
- <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable> does not exist, then
- it will be created unless the <option>-M</option> option
- is specified.
+ login directory name.
+ The directory <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable> is not created by
+ default. However it will be created for non-system users if either the
+ <option>-m</option> flag is specifed or
+ <replaceable>CREATE_HOME</replaceable> in
+ <filename>login.defs</filename> is set to true. However, it will never
+ be created if the <option>-M</option> flag is specified.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>