pam_mkhomedir.so [
silent
] [
debug
] [
umask=mode
] [
skel=skeldir
]
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.
silent
Don't print informative messages.
debug
Turns on debugging via syslog(3).
umask=mask
The file mode creation mask is set to
mask. The default value of mask
is 0022. If this option is not specified, then the permissions
of created user home directory is set to the value of
HOME_MODE configuration item from
/etc/login.defs. If there is no such
configuration item then the value is computed from the
value of UMASK in the same file. If
there is no such configuration option either the default
value of 0755 is used for the mode.
skel=/path/to/skel/directory
Indicate an alternative skel directory
to override the default /etc/skel.
Memory buffer error.
Not enough permissions to create the new directory or read the skel directory.
User not known to the underlying authentication module.
Environment variables were set.
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