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How to create home directory on LDAP login

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Environment

Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 Linux Support Pack 3
OES2 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SLES 10
SLES 11

Situation

How to create user home directories on ldap login.
 
How to dynamically create user home directories.

Resolution

In the /etc/pam.d/common-auth add
session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0022
 
Modify the umask as desired
example: only the user can read, write and execute
umask=0077

Disclaimer

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  • Document ID:7008559
  • Creation Date:11-MAY-11
  • Modified Date:27-APR-12
    • NovellOpen Enterprise Server
      Open Workgroup Suite - Small Business Edition (NOWS SBE)
    • SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    • NetIQeDirectory

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