I was actually just playing around with this again recently. Can you try adding this make home pam module?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LDAPClientAuthentication#Automatically_create_home_folders I suspect this is actually what fixed it for me. It's odd the is needed though. I don't understand the behavior of copying /etc/skel by default but then not copying it when adding a remote authentication module. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/992101 Title: likewise open and pam_mount don't copy /etc/skel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpam-mount/+bug/992101/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs