PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8)
NAME
pam_mkhomedir - PAM module to create users home directory
SYNOPSIS
pam_mkhomedir.so [silent] [debug] [umask=mode] [skel=skeldir]
DESCRIPTION
The pam_mkhomedir PAM module will create a users home directory if it
does not exist when the session begins. This allows users to be present
in central database (such as NIS, kerberos or LDAP) without using a
distributed file system or pre-creating a large number of directories.
The skeleton directory (usually /etc/skel/) is used to copy default
files and also sets a umask for the creation.
The new users home directory will not be removed after logout of the
user.
OPTIONS
silent
Don't print informative messages.
debug
Turns on debugging via syslog(3).
umask=mask
The file mode creation mask is set to mask. The default value of
mask is 0022. If this option is not specified, then the permissions
of created user home directory is set to the value of HOME_MODE
configuration item from /etc/login.defs. If there is no such
configuration item then the value is computed from the value of
UMASK in the same file. If there is no such configuration option
either the default value of 0755 is used for the mode.
skel=/path/to/skel/directory
Indicate an alternative skel directory to override the default
/etc/skel.
MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
Only the session module type is provided.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
PAM_PERM_DENIED
Not enough permissions to create the new directory or read the skel
directory.
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
User not known to the underlying authentication module.
PAM_SUCCESS
Environment variables were set.
FILES
/etc/skel
Default skel directory
EXAMPLES
A sample /etc/pam.d/login file:
auth requisite pam_securetty.so
auth sufficient pam_ldap.so
auth required pam_unix.so
auth required pam_nologin.so
account sufficient pam_ldap.so
account required pam_unix.so
password required pam_unix.so
session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0022
session required pam_unix.so
session optional pam_lastlog.so
session optional pam_mail.so standard
SEE ALSO
pam.d(5), pam(7).
AUTHOR
pam_mkhomedir was written by Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>.
Linux-PAM Manual 09/03/2021 PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8)
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