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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Tom Hosiawa [mailto:tomek32@××××××.com] |
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:23 PM |
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> To: gentoo-dev |
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> Subject: [gentoo-dev] .bashrc and .bash_profile |
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> I asked this before on gentoo-user but didn't really get a |
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> response, so I thought I would ask here. |
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> Why isn't .bashrc and .bash_profile from /etc/skel used by |
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> default in /root? |
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/etc/skel is copied into home directories when they are created via adduser |
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or other scripts. They are not defaults other than for new user creation. |
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The root user is never created in the usual user creation fashion, so the |
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/etc/skel files are never copied. |
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