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PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8)						 Linux-PAM Manual						  PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8)

NAME

       pam_mkhomedir - PAM module to create users home directory

SYNOPSIS

       pam_mkhomedir.so [silent] [umask=mode] [skel=skeldir]

DESCRIPTION

       The pam_mkhomedir PAM module will create a users home directory if it does not exist when the session begins. This allows users to be
       present in central database (such as NIS, kerberos or LDAP) without using a distributed file system or pre-creating a large number of
       directories. The skeleton directory (usually /etc/skel/) is used to copy default files and also sets a umask for the creation.

       The new users home directory will not be removed after logout of the user.

OPTIONS

       silent
	   Don't print informative messages.

       umask=mask
	   The user file-creation mask is set to mask. The default value of mask is 0022.

       skel=/path/to/skel/directory
	   Indicate an alternative skel directory to override the default /etc/skel.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

       Only the session module type is provided.

RETURN VALUES

       PAM_BUF_ERR
	   Memory buffer error.

       PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
	   Insufficient credentials to access authentication data.

       PAM_PERM_DENIED
	   Not enough permissions to create the new directory or read the skel directory.

       PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
	   User not known to the underlying authentication module.

       PAM_SUCCESS
	   Environment variables were set.

FILES

       /etc/skel
	   Default skel directory

EXAMPLES

       A sample /etc/pam.d/login file:

	     auth	requisite   pam_securetty.so
	     auth	sufficient  pam_ldap.so
	     auth	required    pam_unix.so
	     auth	required    pam_nologin.so
	     account	sufficient  pam_ldap.so
	     account	required    pam_unix.so
	     password	required    pam_unix.so
	     session	required    pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0022
	     session	required    pam_unix.so
	     session	optional    pam_lastlog.so
	     session	optional    pam_mail.so standard

SEE ALSO

       pam.d(5), pam(7).

AUTHOR

       pam_mkhomedir was written by Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>.

Linux-PAM Manual						    06/04/2011							  PAM_MKHOMEDIR(8)

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PAM_TIMESTAMP(8)						 Linux-PAM Manual						  PAM_TIMESTAMP(8)

NAME

       pam_timestamp - Authenticate using cached successful authentication attempts

SYNOPSIS

       pam_timestamp.so [timestamp_timeout=number] [verbose] [debug]

DESCRIPTION

       In a nutshell, pam_timestamp caches successful authentication attempts, and allows you to use a recent successful attempt as the basis for
       authentication. This is similar mechanism which is used in sudo.

       When an application opens a session using pam_timestamp, a timestamp file is created in the timestampdir directory for the user. When an
       application attempts to authenticate the user, a pam_timestamp will treat a sufficiently recent timestamp file as grounds for succeeding.

OPTIONS

       timestamp_timeout=number
	   How long should pam_timestamp treat timestamp as valid after their last modification date (in seconds). Default is 300 seconds.

       verbose
	   Attempt to inform the user when access is granted.

       debug
	   Turns on debugging messages sent to syslog(3).

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

       The auth and session module types are provided.

RETURN VALUES

       PAM_AUTH_ERR
	   The module was not able to retrieve the user name or no valid timestamp file was found.

       PAM_SUCCESS
	   Everything was successful.

       PAM_SESSION_ERR
	   Timestamp file could not be created or updated.

NOTES

       Users can get confused when they are not always asked for passwords when running a given program. Some users reflexively begin typing
       information before noticing that it is not being asked for.

EXAMPLES

	   auth sufficient pam_timestamp.so verbose
	   auth required   pam_unix.so

	   session required pam_unix.so
	   session optional pam_timestamp.so

FILES

       /var/run/sudo/...
	   timestamp files and directories

SEE ALSO

       pam_timestamp_check(8), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)

AUTHOR

       pam_tally was written by Nalin Dahyabhai.

Linux-PAM Manual						    06/04/2011							  PAM_TIMESTAMP(8)

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