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From d8d743870c459b5ff283c89d78b70d1684bd19a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomas Halman <thalman@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 09:45:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] man: Document invalid selinux context for homedirs

The default value of fallback_homedir expands into path, that is not
expected by selinux. Generally not only selinux might be affected by
this default value. This PR documents the issue and recommends
further steps.

Resolves:
https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/issues/5155

Reviewed-by: Alexey Tikhonov <atikhonov@redhat.com>
---
 src/man/include/ad_modified_defaults.xml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/man/include/ad_modified_defaults.xml b/src/man/include/ad_modified_defaults.xml
index 91623d57a..65c9a0140 100644
--- a/src/man/include/ad_modified_defaults.xml
+++ b/src/man/include/ad_modified_defaults.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@
                     this fallback behavior, you can explicitly
                     set "fallback_homedir = %o".
                 </para>
+                <para>
+                    Note that the system typically expects a home directory
+                    in /home/%u folder. If you decide to use a different
+                    directory structure, some other parts of your system may
+                    need adjustments.
+                </para>
+                <para>
+                    For example automated creation of home directories in
+                    combination with selinux requires selinux adjustment,
+                    otherwise the home directory will be created with wrong
+                    selinux context.
+                </para>
             </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
     </refsect2>
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