I just wanted to thank EVERYONE for their input on this matter.

I still haven't found what I'm looking for, but I've got a lot of
starting points.

Mike

On 7/24/07, Kong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I use winbind for authentication, and oddjob for auto creation of home
> directories.
>
>
>
> Winbind AD configuration:
>
> http://redmondmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=858
>
>
> For automatic creation of home directories :
>
> (from http://www.redhat.com/magazine/024oct06/features/tips_tricks/index.html)
> (replace up2date with yum)
>
> To create home directories on-the-fly, use pam_oddjob_mkhomedir
> instead. In this case, the directory creation will be handled by a
> D-Bus service running as root instead.
> To put it in place follow the steps below:
>
>     * Update the oddjob package:
>
>       up2date -i oddjob
>
>     * Restart D-Bus, this might require to restart some services that
> rely on D-Bus, such as hal:
>
>       #service messagebus restart
>
>     * Start the oddjob service:
>
>       #service oddjobd restart
>
>     * Make sure it runs on startup:
>
>       #chkconfig oddjobd on
>
>     * Modify the PAM configuration to use pam_oddjob_mkhomedir. For
> example, add this line at the bottom of /etc/pam.d/system-auth:
>
>       session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_oddjob_mkhomedir.so
> skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0022
>