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[Jakub Kuczys <1917135@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

While it is not typical, system users can be created with a home directory by passing `-m/--create-home` flag to the command along with `-r/--system` flag. This cannot be done currently as `system: true` option will forcefully add the `-M` flag to the command. I think that there should be some way to do this other than manually calling `useradd`. I was expecting that if I put `homedir: /home/homeassistant` explicitly in the cloud-config, it will work, but it is not enough:
```
#cloud-config
users:
  - default
  - name: homeassistant
    gecos: Home Assistant
    system: true
    lock_passwd: true
    homedir: /home/homeassistant
```

** Affects: cloud-init
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  System user cannot be created with a homedir

Status in cloud-init:
  New

Bug description:
  While it is not typical, system users can be created with a home directory by passing `-m/--create-home` flag to the command along with `-r/--system` flag. This cannot be done currently as `system: true` option will forcefully add the `-M` flag to the command. I think that there should be some way to do this other than manually calling `useradd`. I was expecting that if I put `homedir: /home/homeassistant` explicitly in the cloud-config, it will work, but it is not enough:
  ```
  #cloud-config
  users:
    - default
    - name: homeassistant
      gecos: Home Assistant
      system: true
      lock_passwd: true
      homedir: /home/homeassistant
  ```

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