From our ansible playbook:
# Make --mkhomedir option work on Ubuntu/Debian
- name: Update /usr/share/pam-configs/mkhomedir
copy:
src: mkhomedir
dest: /usr/share/pam-configs/mkhomedir
owner: root
group: root
mode: 0644
backup: yes
- name: Add pam_mkhomedir.so to /etc/pam.d/common-session
lineinfile:
path: /etc/pam.d/common-session
state: present
line: 'session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/'
backup: yes
The contents of /usr/shar/pam-configs/mkhomedir should look like:
Name: Create home directory on login
Default: yes
Priority: 0
Session-Type: Additional
Session-Interactive-Only: yes
Session:
optional pam_mkhomedir.so
Hope this helps,
John