Ubuntu
auth-client-config package

pam_mkhomedir should be optional, not required

Bug #566665 reported by Neal H. Walfield
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
auth-client-config (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: auth-client-config

Using the kerberos_example profile in /etc/auth-client-config/profile.d/acc-default, pam_mkhomedir is required. It should instead be optional. I'm mounting /home over NFS and root does not have permission to create files in /home. The result is that I cannot log in as a normal user if that user's home directory does not exist. Also, it is impossible to su to such users, which is my real problem.

Instead of:

  pam_session=session required pam_mkhomedir.so umask=0022 skel=/etc/skel

This line should read:

  pam_session=session optional pam_mkhomedir.so umask=0022 skel=/etc/skel

Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)
Changed in auth-client-config (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in auth-client-config (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)
Changed in auth-client-config (Ubuntu):
assignee: Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) → nobody
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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