Very nice solution.

Thanks a lot.

BR Rene

On Jun 10, 6:08 pm, paul matthews <paulsmatth...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> An alternate, non Puppet method is to add a pam_mkhomedir module to
> /etc/pam.d/system-auth   (on a RedHat machine at least) by including the
> following line:-
>
> session     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel
> umask=0022
>
> This has the effect of creating a homedir if one does not exist and pulling
> in the contents of /etc/skel
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>
> 2009/6/10 Todd Zullinger <t...@pobox.com>
>
>
>
> > Rene wrote:
> > > In our environment, we have a non standard /etc/skel directory. The
> > > content of that directory is managed via puppet. How do I guarantee,
> > > that the content of that directory is on the system before a user is
> > > created. Do I need a require attribute on every user creation
> > > statement in every puppet module we have? Does someone know an
> > > easier way?
>
> > You could use a resource default to add that requirement to user
> > resources:
>
> >    User {
> >        require => File['/etc/skel']
> >    }
>
> > --
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> > "I want to see the manager."
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>
> --
> Paul Matthews
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