Linux home directory management is about to undergo major change>
Tech Republic – Jack Wallen
With systemd 245 comes systemd-homed. Along with that, Linux admins will have to change the way they manage users and users’ home directories. Outside of including a much-improved security, systemd-homed will finally enable a truly portable home directory. Because the /home directory will no longer depend on the trifecta of systemd, /etc/passwd, and /etc/shadow, users and admins will then be able to easily migrate directories within /home. According to Poettering, LUKS is the most advanced and secure of the systems. Unlike the current process of creating users (either with the useradd or adduser commands), systemd-homed will rely on it’s own process of creating users. Fortunately, that process won’t be terribly complicated. At the moment, systemd 245 is still in RC2 status.
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