> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of Ross S. W. Walker > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:39 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] nis and new users > > Jason Pyeron wrote: > > > > Every time a "new" user logs into a development box (which does not use > nfs > > for the home dirs) the get could not chdir to their home dir. They call > me > > with the error and I do a: > > > > cp -a /etc/skel/ ~USER && chown USER.users -R ~USER/ > > > > and it is fixed. > > > > Is there an automated way? > > Look at pam_mkhomedir and see if it fits your bill. > Yes that is exactly what we need. /etc/pam.d/login #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_securetty.so auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth auth required pam_nologin.so account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth password required pam_stack.so service=system-auth # pam_selinux.so close should be the first session rule session required pam_selinux.so close session required pam_mkhomedir.so session required pam_stack.so service=system-auth session required pam_loginuid.so session optional pam_console.so # pam_selinux.so open should be the last session rule session required pam_selinux.so open but still get: Last login: Tue Apr 15 11:24:57 2008 from xxxxxxxx.myvzw.com Could not chdir to home directory /home/USER: No such file or directory -bash-3.00$ Any ideas? > -Ross > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by > the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged > and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient > of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the > original and any copy or printout thereof. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, purge the message from your system and notify the sender immediately. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.