On 20/12/2015 12:05 AM, Tim Dunphy wrote: >> >> Check /var/log/secure for why the directory is not able to be created. >> Might be selinux, is that enabled? (sestatus) > > > Good catch! It was indeed SELinux preventing the directory from being > created. Disabling it allows that to happen. For instance I just > created a > new test user in LDAP: > > #ssh odunphy at ops2.example.com > > odunphy at ops2.example.com's password: > > Creating directory '/home/odunphy'. Hello, in RHEL/CentOS7 you need oddjob-mkhomedir - check this https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-Configuring_Authentication.html#idp27104864 Regards,