NAME

       mkhomedir_helper - Helper binary that creates home directories

SYNOPSIS

       mkhomedir_helper {user} [umask [ path-to-skel ]]

DESCRIPTION

       mkhomedir_helper is a helper program for the pam_mkhomedir module that creates home directories and
       populates them with contents of the specified skel directory.

       The default value of umask is 0022 and the default value of path-to-skel is /etc/skel.

       The helper is separated from the module to not require direct access from login SELinux domains to the
       contents of user home directories. The SELinux domain transition happens when the module is executing the
       mkhomedir_helper.

       The helper never touches home directories if they already exist.

SEE ALSO

       pam_mkhomedir(8)

AUTHOR

       Written by Tomas Mraz based on the code originally in pam_mkhomedir module.

Linux-PAM Manual                                   05/18/2017                                MKHOMEDIR_HELPER(8)