The installation of this extension is very simple. Just connect to the Typo3 Extension Repository and download «Home Directories» (homedirs), located in the backend modules section. You'll also need the download and install the «Developer API» (api_macmade) extension (version 2.4 at least).

The extension is available in the main menu, in the tools section.

Before using this extension, you have to specify a path for users and groups directories. This can be done in the Typo3 Install Tool, under the «All configuration» section:

Then, you'll be able to enter the module provided by this extension. If the directories you specified in the Typo3 Install Tool don't exist, the extension will create them for you (the parent directory must be writeable, of course).

Then, you will see a list of the users/groups with no valid home directories

Just select the users, and click the submit button to automatically create the missing directories.

If you delete a user or a group, Typo3 won't delete the corresponding directories. With this extension, you'll be able to see all the home directories which are not associated with a user/group.

You'll be able to process those orphaned directories in three different ways.

With the first one, they will be prefixed with the «zzz_deleted_» string. The second one will delete them, with all their files, and the third one will move them to another home directory.

You'll also be able to see all the valid home directories for your backend users/groups.

If a directory contains files, you can click to zoom icon to view it's content.