README for pam_shrundir This is a "module" for PAM which manages creation of XDG_RUNTIME_DIR as defined in the XDG Base Directory Specification [1]. The directory will be created once a user logs in the first time, and it will be removed once she logs out last. For it to work it must be included in /etc/pam.d -- to make it a vivid part of session handling the file /etc/pam.d/common-session seems best. Include the following early: session optional pam_exec.so quiet /sbin/pam_shrundir Note this PAM module does not address setting of the $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR environment variable. Errors will be logged via syslog. [1] https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html