diff -Nurp shadow-4.0.17.orig/src/useradd.c shadow-4.0.17/src/useradd.c
--- shadow-4.0.17.orig/src/useradd.c	2006-10-02 18:25:30.000000000 +0100
+++ shadow-4.0.17/src/useradd.c	2006-10-02 18:25:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -1611,6 +1611,10 @@ static void create_home (void)
 				 _
 				 ("%s: cannot create directory %s\n"),
 				 Prog, user_home);
+#ifdef WITH_AUDIT
+			audit_logger (AUDIT_USER_CHAUTHTOK, Prog,
+				      "adding home directory", user_name, user_id, 0);
+#endif
 			fail_exit (E_HOMEDIR);
 		}
 		chown (user_home, user_id, user_gid);