[chef] User resource and home directories

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When I create a user with a specified home directory, the directory isn't 
being
created.  For instance:

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group "www"

user "www" do
  gid "www"
  home "/home/www"
  shell "/bin/bash"
  password "$1$fkGAAO8e$S4Ul9tukFOf1iEU5k8nYK."
end
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The problem here is that /home/www isn't created.  I cheated and created it
manually, but is that really how people usually do it?