---
name: "pam_oddjob_mkhomedir"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "oddjob-mkhomedir"
version: "0.34.7-2.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pam_oddjob_mkhomedir"
---

# pam\_oddjob\_mkhomedir(8)

PAM module to create users home directory via oddjob

## NAME

pam\_oddjob\_mkhomedir.so - PAM module to create users home directory via oddjob

## SYNOPSIS

session optional /lib/security/pam\_oddjob\_mkhomedir.so

## DESCRIPTION

The *pam\_oddjob\_mkhomedir.so* module checks if the user's home directory exists, and if it does not, it invokes the *mkhomedirfor* method of the *com.redhat.oddjob\_mkhomedir* service for the **PAM\_USER** if the module is running with superuser privileges.  Otherwise, it invokes the *mkmyhomedir* method.

The location of the skeleton directory and the default umask are determined by the values of **HOME\_MODE** or **UMASK** (as a fallback) variables in */etc/login.defs*, so they can not be specified as arguments to this module.

If *D-Bus* has not been configured to allow the calling application to invoke these methods provided as part of the *com.redhat.oddjob\_mkhomedir* interface of the */* object provided by the *com.redhat.oddjob\_mkhomedir* service, then *oddjobd* will not receive the request and an error will be returned by *D-Bus*.

If *oddjobd* has not been configured to provide these methods, or the user is not authorized to use them, then *oddjobd* will ignore the module's requests.

## OPTIONS

The module takes no options.  What *oddjobd* does in response to the module's request is controlled by the daemon's configuration file, typically */etc/oddjobd.conf.d/oddjobd-mkhomedir.conf*.

## SEE ALSO

[**oddjob\_request**(1)](/oddjob_request/1.md) [**oddjob.conf**(5)](/oddjob.conf/5.md) [**oddjobd.conf**(5)](/oddjobd.conf/5.md) [**oddjobd**(8)](/oddjobd/8.md)