Oddjobd(pam_oddjob_mkhomedir) daemon is not creating home directories for new users on first login

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After resizing /home, the oddjobd daemon is no longer making user home directories on first user login.

  • Oddjobd daemon is no longer making user home directories on first user login, audit.log shows:

type=AVC msg=audit(1461603239.163:1335899): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=956128 comm="mkhomedir" name="/" dev="dm-6" ino=128 scontext=system_u:system_r:oddjob_mkhomedir_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0 tclas
s=dir

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7
  • oddjob-mkhomedir (pam_oddjobd_mkhomedir.so)

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