Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 13:20:09 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Usov Alexander <usov@hq.ups.kiev.ua> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/profile question Message-ID: <19553.944652009@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Dec 1999 13:50:00 %2B0200." <384E45E8.13DE9BF9@hq.ups.kiev.ua>
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On Wed, 08 Dec 1999 13:50:00 +0200, Usov Alexander wrote: > I understand that it`s not so important question, but it`s only > interesting for me: why in standart disribution /etc/profile > is empty (or just empty)? > Is it so difficult to put them, to help newbies? As for me, it would > be a good idea to make system usable after installing. I think you've missed something important. See /usr/share/skel/dot.profile This file should be installed as .profile into the home directory of every new account you create. This allows individual users to see at a glance what defaults are set for them and provides a template which they can modify to change those defaults. If you were to put all that stuff in /etc/profile, you'd have two problems: 1) You don't want all of it set for automated processes which exec a shell to do some work. 2) Your newbies might struggle to find out _where_ the stuff was being done. So in actual fact, the way we do things now is actually to _help_ newbies, not to make it hard for them. :-) Later, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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