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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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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

check-permissions

check-permissions(1M)					  System Administration Commands				     check-permissions(1M)

NAME

       check-permissions - check permissions on mail rerouting files

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/check-permissions [login]

DESCRIPTION

       The   check-permissions script is intended as a migration aid for sendmail(1M). It checks the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file for all configured
       alias files, and checks the alias files for :include: files. It also checks for certain .forward files. For each file  that   check-permis-
       sions checks, it verifies that none of the parent directories are group- or world-writable. If any directories are overly permissive, it is
       reported. Otherwise it reports that no unsafe directories were found.

       As to which .forward files are checked, it depends on the arguments included on the command line. If no	argument  is  given,  the  current
       user's home directory is checked for the presence of a  .forward file. If any arguments are given, they are assumed to be valid logins, and
       the home directory of each one is checked.

       If the special argument ALL is given,  the passwd entry in the  /etc/nsswitch.conf file is checked, and all password entries  that  can	be
       obtained through the switch file are checked. In large domains, this can be time-consuming.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       login	       Where login is a valid user name, checks the home directory for	login.

       ALL	       Checks the home directory of  all users.

FILES

       /etc/mail/sendmail.cf   Defines enviornment for	sendmail

       /etc/mail/aliases       Ascii mail aliases file

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWsndmu 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       getent(1M), sendmail(1M), aliases(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    10 Nov 2003 					     check-permissions(1M)
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