I'm trying to get home directories to be created with clients that are authenticating against my ldap server, however for some reason adding session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0077 to /etc/pam.d/sshd doesn't seem to do the trick on my redhat 4 boxes; this actually works great on my centos 4.2 and redhat 3 boxes. Any ideas? Thanks very much. Aaron -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Golhar [mailto:golharam@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:11 AM To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' Subject: RE: LDAP not creating home directories LDAP won't create the home directories for you. However, the home directory can be automatically created when a user first logs in. For login services except SSH, add the pam_mkhomedir.so module to the PAM configuration file for the service, /etc/pam.d/login, for example: session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0077 If a user authenticates and no home directory exists, the home directory is created in /home. The umask=0077 parameter causes the directory permission to be set to 700. The home directory is constructed from the skeletal files found in the /etc/skel directory. The other option is to create the home directory yourself. This is what I do because of our set up. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Sears Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 7:59 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: LDAP not creating home directories -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Allen Chen enlightened us with the following gems on 14/10/05 18:46: > Geetha Thanu wrote: > >> Hello Gurus, >> >> LDAP server and clients are installed and using ldif file i am able >> to create a user successfully. >> >> But the home directory is not being created. >> >> So please guide me what i should do and what configuration chnages >> has to be done if i want the LDAP to create home directory >> automatically >> >> thanks Geetha >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! >> India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com >> >> >> > Could u post smb.conf file ? > um... why? smb.conf is the samba configuration file and has little (or nothing) to do with LDAP I would ask... 1) do the home directories already exist on a network device, so that you only need them mounted locally? autofs can be set up to use LDAP as well - so that would enable those. 2) if not, do you need to create a *local* directory whenever a user logs in? look in /usr/share/doc/pam-0* for the pam_mkhomedir module, which can do this for you. Regards Stuart - -- Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX DPRINTK("doing direct send\n"); /* @@@ well, this doesn't work anyway */ linux-2.6.6/drivers/atm/eni.c -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDUkB2amPtx1brPQ4RAuQxAJ90dVLsZ2Gi0NIkJVaUBitfMsStcgCdE+C2 cqKLFCYW+Uk/LqeAD7tiyBM= =ya4u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list www.preferredcare.org "An Outstanding Member Experience," Preferred Care HMO Plans -- J. D. Power and Associates Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this electronic message is intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above and may contain privileged or confidential information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that dissemination, distribution or copying of this information is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and destroy the copies you received. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
