In recent versions there's an /sbin/mkhomedir_helper that's supposed to do the directory creation work; but the manpage indicates that it exists in support of selinux rather than for this issue. You *may* be able to work around the problem locally by running 'sudo chmod u+s /sbin/mkhomedir_helper', but I can't guarantee that this is secure. We'll have to look into whether it's safe to make this helper suid-root in the package.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Tieto, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/956848 Title: pam_mkhomedir.so fails to create homedir in precise Status in “pam” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am testing Ubuntu Precise and I think I found a bug related to creation of home directories with pam_mkhomedir.so. I found it initially in an LDAP-based setup, but to nail down the problem I did a fresh re-install, added: session optional pam_mkhomedir.so umask=0077 skel=/etc/skel to /etc/pam.d/common-session and I removed the home directory of the user used during installation, so the bug has nothing to do with network auth. Anyway - when I login to lightdm I am successfully authenticated and the logon screen disappears, but I am presented with a black screen and nothing happens. I can login from text mode, the homedir is created and afterwards I can login, even using the graphical interface. I tried to see if this is related to lightdm or unity, but if I select Gnome classic, I get the same problem, if I switch to GDM, the problem remains. I am attaching the logs from lightdm. The syslog says: Mar 16 10:31:45 tubuntu kernel: [99829.342230] accounts-daemon[2152]: segfault at 10 ip b76c86c3 sp bfab7640 error 4 in libdbus-1.so.3.5.8[b76a3000+47000] Mar 16 10:31:45 tubuntu kernel: [99829.342545] gdm-session-wor[29440]: segfault at 6e756279 ip b743cd4c sp bf84b250 error 4 in libc-2.15.so[b73ca000+19e000] but I cannot say if this caused the issue or was caused by the issue. I hope somebody can have a look at this. I can help to do some investigating, unfortunately I don't know where to look. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/956848/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~tieto Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~tieto More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
