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6 pam_mkhomedir - PAM module to create users home directory
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9 pam_mkhomedir.so [silent] [debug] [umask=mode] [skel=skeldir]
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12 The pam_mkhomedir PAM module will create a users home directory if it
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16 The skeleton directory (usually /etc/skel/) is used to copy default
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19 The new users home directory will not be removed after logout of the
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30 The user file-creation mask is set to mask. The default value of
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56 Default skel directory
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59 A sample /etc/pam.d/login file:
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62 auth sufficient pam_ldap.so
63 auth required pam_unix.so
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65 account sufficient pam_ldap.so
66 account required pam_unix.so
67 password required pam_unix.so
68 session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0022
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79 pam_mkhomedir was written by Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>.
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