Re: [webmin-l] LDAP Users Module - /etc/skel contents not copied

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 22/Feb/2006 00:39 Murray Trainer wrote ..
> On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 13:33, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > On 21/Feb/2006 23:18 Murray Trainer wrote ..
> > > Hi Jamie,
> > > 
> > > Another problem I have come across using 1.263.  When I create an LDAP
> > > user the files/dirs in /etc/skel are not copied to their home
> > > directory.  I have tried both putting /etc/skel in the LDAP Users module
> > > or reading the setting from the Users & Groups module and it fails
> in
> > > both cases.  If I create a local Unix user using the Users and Groups
> > > module it works fine.
> > 
> > That's odd, because I just tested this myself with Webmin 1.263, and
> it worked
> > fine. I presume you have the 'Copy files into new home directories from'
> option
> > on the Module Config page set to /etc/skel ?
> > 
> >  - Jamie
> 
> Hi Jamie,
> 
> I think I have finally figured out the cause of all my recent user
> creation problems.  I tried creating a new user with the Samba Login bit
> off and the user got home dir got created fine with files in their home
> directory, no cyrus authentication error, and the post user creation
> script ran fine.  Looks like a problem with my Samba setup - the
> objectclasses have changed in my LDAP config so there might be the
> problem with some of my LDAP groups imported from the old LDAP setup. 
> Not sure why I was having all the errors and issues seemingly unrelated
> to Samba though?  

I can't see why enabling Samba would prevent the home directory from being
populated .. they are really un-connected. Are you sure that turning on
Samba for a user causes the /etc/skel files not to be copied?

 - Jamie