Bug 81597 - Login not possible if HOME is not present
Summary: Login not possible if HOME is not present
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kdm
Classification: Miscellaneous
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdm bugs tracker
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Reported: 2004-05-14 18:42 UTC by January Weiner
Modified: 2008-05-19 17:30 UTC (History)
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Description January Weiner 2004-05-14 18:42:52 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.2.1)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:                Linux

I hope this is a new issue.  Actually, it is not kdm, but even more general.

As far as I can tell, there is no possibility to log in with KDM when the HOME directory is not present. There should be a fallback - like, creating necessary links / files in the /tmp directory (which KDE uses anyway), and providing at least some basic functionality, so that users can e.g. browse / use config tools / whatever. 

We have a lot of students.  They are all authenticated by a LDAP, but some times the file server with their $HOME is not available or their $HOME is not yet set up.  KDE should be able to handle such situations.

Regards,
j.
Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2004-05-22 15:39:12 UTC 
you can already do some sanity checks and/or emergency setup via various PAM modules and via the Xstartup script. kdm itself does not care for $HOME.
Comment 2 Oswald Buddenhagen 2005-09-15 20:18:34 UTC 
*** Bug 110452 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***