genhomedircon - Linux

Overview

genhomedircon is a utility that creates home directory configuration files in a consistent and secure manner. It ensures proper UID and GID ownership, permissions, and sets appropriate access control lists (ACLs) for shared directories.

Syntax

genhomedircon [-f CONFIG_PATH] [-g GROUP_ID] [-o OWNER_ID] [-p PASSWD_FILE] [-v]

Options/Flags

• -f CONFIG_PATH: Specify a custom configuration path for ACL definitions.
• -g GROUP_ID: Set the default group ID for home directories.
• -o OWNER_ID: Set the default user ID for home directories.
• -p PASSWD_FILE: Read user and group information from the specified password file (default: /etc/passwd).
• -v: Enable verbose output for debugging.

Examples

Create home directories for users "user1" and "user2" from a custom configuration file:

genhomedircon -f /my/config.ini user1 user2

Create home directories for all users in /etc/passwd:

genhomedircon

Set the default group ID to "users" and verbose output:

genhomedircon -g users -v

Common Issues

• Error: "User not found": The specified user does not exist in the password file.
• Error: "Permission denied": Insufficient permissions to create home directories.
• Home directory already exists: The command will not create duplicate directories.

Integration

• Integration with LDAP: Use genhomedircon in scripts to automate home directory creation based on LDAP user information.
• Integration with bash: Create a custom function to generate home directories using genhomedircon.

Related Commands

• useradd: Creates user accounts.
• groupadd: Creates group accounts.
• chown: Changes file or directory ownership.
• chmod: Changes file or directory permissions.
• acl: Manages Access Control Lists.