NAME¶

pam_mkhomedir - PAM module to create users home directory

SYNOPSIS¶

pam_mkhomedir.so [silent] [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

umask=mask

skel=/path/to/skel/directory

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED¶

Only the session module type is provided.

RETURN VALUES¶

PAM_BUF_ERR

PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT

PAM_PERM_DENIED

PAM_USER_UNKNOWN

PAM_SUCCESS

FILES¶

/etc/skel

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(8).

AUTHOR¶

pam_mkhomedir was written by Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>.