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Operating Systems Solaris Requesting help to automatically create home dir on login Post 302418578 by 22blaze on Tuesday 4th of May 2010 08:54:45 PM
Old 05-04-2010
Requesting help to automatically create home dir on login

I know we would not normally do this. However, I would like to have user's home directory created when they log in the first time.
I have searched the forums and have not found any help yet.
Scenario - environment uses NIS for auth and usually NFS mount HOME.
However, I have a pilot environment on a non-routed subnet and am using a NIS slave for auth.
The server will not be used for long, but I have quite a few users who will be logging in. I would like to either:
- set /tmp as home for all users (not via NIS)
- automatically create the user home upon login (preferred)

Any tips, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
 

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createhomedir(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					  createhomedir(1)

NAME
createhomedir -- create and populate home directories on the local computer. SYNOPSIS
createhomedir [-scbalh] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username] DESCRIPTION
createhomedir provides several options for creating and populating home directories. OPTIONS
-s creates home directories for server home paths only (default). -c creates home directories for local home paths only. -b creates home directories for both server and local home paths. -a creates home directories for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path. -l creates home directories for users defined in the local directory domain. -L causes the created home directory to be localized. -n directoryDomainName creates home directories for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path. -u username creates a home directory for a specific user defined in the domain(s) identified in the -a, -l, or -n parameter. If you omit the -a, -l, and -n parameters when you use the -u parameter, -a is assumed. -i reads username list from standard input and creates specified home directories. Each username should be on its own line. -h usage help. FILES
/usr/sbin/createhomedir location of tool CAVEATS
When using the -a option, search limits of various directory servers (such as Open Directory or Active Directory) can prevent all possible home directories from being created. In this case, you may need to specify the usernames explicitly. Mac OS X May 31, 2019 Mac OS X
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