If home folder doesn't exist, could we do a quick ssh connection?

[dsajdak (Dori Sajdak)]

This is how we do it at UB (thanks to OSC for building this in for us):

https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/master/customization.html?highlight=home%20directory (see section on home directory customization)

and also this if you really want the details:

Launching OnDemand when home directory does not exist

Some sites have the home directory auto-create on first ssh login, for example via pam_mkhomedir.so. This introduces a problem if users first access the system through OnDemand, which expects the existence of a user’s home directory. How can we configure OnDemand to handle this edge case?