I've tried to reproduce this bug with a current Ubuntu Xenial, by adding: session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0022
to /etc/pam.d/common-account and creating a new user without home directory with adduser --no-create-home afterwards. I also added a file to /etc/skel. After I logged on into the new user the first time, the file I added in /etc/skel was present in the home directory. Seems that a fix was released in a newer version. Since trusty still uses version 1.10.0-0ubuntu3 [1], xenial uses 1.18.1-0ubuntu1 [2]. [1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/lightdm [2] http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/lightdm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1318778 Title: lightdm doesn't let pam_mkhomedir execute Status in Light Display Manager: New Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Affects: 14.04 LTS lightdm 1.10.0-0ubuntu3 When graphically logging in with a new user without a home directory, lightdm/xdg/freedesktop creates a home directory based on settings in /etc/xdg before PAM session configs are processed. This makes pam_mkhomedir completely useless for graphical logins of first-time users. It also creates inconsistencies between graphical and console logins as the console still processes mkhomedir. Thus, two new users would have differing home directories if one initially logged in graphically vs intially logged in via a console. This bug does not exist in 12.04 LTS. How to reproduce: 1. Create a new user, ensuring the user has no home directory. 2. Configure pam with pam_mkhomedir to create a home directory by copying files from some skeleton directory. 3. Login via lightdm with the new user. 4. Verify that none of the files from the skeleton are actually in the new user's home directory. What is expected to happen is that pam_mkhomedir is always processed before any other home directory files are created, enabling administrators to dictate the home directory contents for new users using the traditional method of pam_mkhomedir + /etc/skel. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1318778/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
