Thanks a lot, Werner. Just had a try. # useradd -m tux2 '/usr/etc/skel/.i18n-UsrEtcSkel' -> '/home/tux2/.i18n-UsrEtcSkel' changed ownership of '/home/tux2/.i18n-UsrEtcSkel' from root:root to tux2:100 Not sure whether we wanted it that verbose though.