1PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8)               Linux-PAM Manual               PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8)
2
3
4

NAME

6       pam_mkhomedir - PAM module to create users home directory
7

SYNOPSIS

9       pam_mkhomedir.so [silent] [umask=mode] [skel=skeldir]
10

DESCRIPTION

12       The pam_mkhomedir PAM module will create a users home directory if it
13       does not exist when the session begins. This allows users to be present
14       in central database (such as NIS, kerberos or LDAP) without using a
15       distributed file system or pre-creating a large number of directories.
16       The skeleton directory (usually /etc/skel/) is used to copy default
17       files and also set's a umask for the creation.
18
19       The new users home directory will not be removed after logout of the
20       user.
21

OPTIONS

23       silent
24          Don't print informative messages.
25
26       umask=mask
27          The user file-creation mask is set to mask. The default value of
28          mask is 0022.
29
30       skel=/path/to/skel/directory
31          Indicate an alternative skel directory to override the default
32          /etc/skel.
33

MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED

35       Only the session service is supported.
36

RETURN VALUES

38       PAM_BUF_ERR
39          Memory buffer error.
40
41       PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
42          Insufficient credentials to access authentication data.
43
44       PAM_PERM_DENIED
45          Not enough permissions to create the new directory or read the skel
46          directory.
47
48       PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
49          User not known to the underlying authentication module.
50
51       PAM_SUCCESS
52          Environment variables were set.
53

FILES

55       /etc/skel
56          Default skel directory
57

EXAMPLES

59       A sample /etc/pam.d/login file:
60
61            auth       requisite   pam_securetty.so
62            auth       sufficient  pam_ldap.so
63            auth       required    pam_unix.so
64            auth       required    pam_nologin.so
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
69            session    required    pam_unix.so
70            session    optional    pam_lastlog.so
71            session    optional    pam_mail.so standard
72
73
74

SEE ALSO

76       pam.d(8), pam(8).
77

AUTHOR

79       pam_mkhomedir was written by Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>.
80
81
82
83Linux-PAM Manual                  06/02/2006                  PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8)
Impressum