I was actually just playing around with this again recently. Can you try adding this make home pam module?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LDAPClientAuthentication#Automatically_create_home_folders
I suspect this is actually what fixed it for me. It's odd the is needed though. I don't understand the behavior of copying /etc/skel by default but then not copying it when adding a remote authentication module.
I was actually just playing around with this again recently. Can you try adding this make home pam module?
https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/community/ LDAPClientAuthe ntication# Automatically_ create_ home_folders
I suspect this is actually what fixed it for me. It's odd the is needed though. I don't understand the behavior of copying /etc/skel by default but then not copying it when adding a remote authentication module.