MKHOMEDIR_HELPER(8) Linux-PAM Manual MKHOMEDIR_HELPER(8)NAME
mkhomedir_helper - Helper binary that creates home directories
SYNOPSIS
mkhomedir_helper {user} [umask [ path-to-skel ]]
DESCRIPTION
mkhomedir_helper is a helper program for the pam_mkhomedir module that creates home directories and populates them with contents of the
specified skel directory.
The default value of umask is 0022 and the default value of path-to-skel is /etc/skel.
The helper is separated from the module to not require direct access from login SELinux domains to the contents of user home directories.
The SELinux domain transition happens when the module is executing the mkhomedir_helper.
The helper never touches home directories if they already exist.
SEE ALSO pam_mkhomedir(8)AUTHOR
Written by Tomas Mraz based on the code originally in pam_mkhomedir module.
Linux-PAM Manual 04/01/2010 MKHOMEDIR_HELPER(8)
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PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8)NAME
pam_mkhomedir - PAM module to create users home directory
SYNOPSIS
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:
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>.
Linux-PAM Manual 09/19/2013 PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8)
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