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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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