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PAM_MKHOMEDIR
Section: Linux-PAM Manual (8) Updated: 04/01/2016 Index
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NAME
pam_mkhomedir - PAM module to create users home directory
SYNOPSIS
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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
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_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.
FILES
/etc/skel
-
Default skel directory
EXAMPLES
A sample /etc/pam.d/login file:
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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>.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
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- RETURN VALUES
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- FILES
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- EXAMPLES
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHOR
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