/etc/skeltest was the directory I created. In your box or a default box it would be /etc/skel The contents of this folder get copied to the users home directory. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Burger [mailto:mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:38 AM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Suppress the console output - pam_mkhomedir I'm not seeing "skeltest" in my /etc/ directory...I'm assuming that it's a script or program. If it's a script, you might be able to do the redirect inside of itself. If not, maybe you could add "/dev/null 2>&1" after "skeltest", just in case. On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 burgeke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > It's not actually a script. It is this pam module... > session optional pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skeltest > > The documentation for the module only reflects there being two options > "umask=" or "skel=" I was hoping for some sort of quiet switch. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Burger [mailto:mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:19 AM > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Suppress the console output - pam_mkhomedir > > > Is it possible to redirect the output to /dev/null inside your > scripts? > > On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 burgeke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I am setting up a RH9 box using winbind to authenticate against our > > NT > > domain. In the process, I want to automatically create a home directory > for > > the user. I added: session optional pam_mkhomedir.so > skel=/etc/skeltest > > to /etc/pam.d/login and gdm. It works wonderfully except if the user > > logs in via gdm/graphical login (run level 5), the output of the > > pam_mkhomedir module scrolls down the login screen. It then pops up a > > box requiring user input "OK." > > > > I am looking to suppress this output. The user doesn't need to see > > what is being created at login. Of course this only happens when they > > first login but It is ugly since I am copying a ton of files. > > > > Thanks, > > Keith > > > > > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
