Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 20:45:15 +0100 From: "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton@gmx.net> To: ASV <asv@inhio.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/skel doesn't work?! Message-ID: <20170306194515.GA1541@hephaistos.local> In-Reply-To: <20170306195758.17d83f1d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <1488813922.11457.12.camel@inhio.net> <20170306195758.17d83f1d.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 2017-03-06 19:57:58, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 06 Mar 2017 12:25:22 -0300, ASV wrote: > > (...) > > Looks like a bug to me. Files in /etc/skel are not copied. Default skeleton directory is, confusingly, /usr/share/skel and not /etc/skel. The value of the default skeleton directory is neither mentioned in pw's manfile's -k options, or pw's manpage's FILES section. It IS, however, mentioned in pw.conf's manpage. So, ASV: touch /etc/skel/etc-skel touch /usr/share/skel/usr-share-skel pw useradd asv -m ls -l /home/asv # with empty /etc/pw.conf, we expect to see /home/asv/usr-share-skel, but # not /home/asv/etc-skel. FWIW, ASV, I understand your confusion. Fact just is, the default skeleton directory under FreeBSD is not what one expects when coming from other worlds. So, yes, any file will get copied, but you need to put it in the right directory :) And yes, re $SUBJECT, "/etc/skel does not work", without further configuration, period. -> man pw.conf Regards, -Martin
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