Hmm ... # useradd -r -d /var/lib/test0 test0 '/usr/etc/skel/.i18n-UsrEtcSkel' -> '/home/test0' chown: cannot access '/home/test0/.i18n-UsrEtcSkel': Not a directory failed to change ownership of '/home/test0/.i18n-UsrEtcSkel' to test0:100 # ls -l /home/test0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 3 11:55 /home/test0