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>.
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
-
- MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
-
- RETURN VALUES
-
- FILES
-
- EXAMPLES
-
- SEE ALSO
-
- AUTHOR
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