pam_mkhomedir – create users home directory
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- Don’t print informative messages.
umask=mask- The user file-creation mask is set to
mask. The default value of mask is 0022. skel=/path/to/skel/directory- Indicate an alternative
skeldirectory 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_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
- Insufficient credentials to access authentication data.
- 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.
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 For more: http://linux-pam.org/Linux-PAM-html/Linux-PAM_SAG.html
