DULE TYPES PROVIDED

Only the `session` module type is provided.

### 6.21.4. RETURN VALUES

PAM_BUF_ERR

  Memory buffer error.

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.

### 6.21.5. 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

### 6.21.6. AUTHOR

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

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