Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 22:40:41 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Chris Knipe <savage@savage.za.org> Cc: FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /etc/skel doesn't work?! Message-ID: <20170306224041.21c7b709.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B4TWFuPS4qrPBOdD1XGqX3uC3j7NVxBdcojmX5Grk0noJfAFw@mail.gmail.com> References: <1488813922.11457.12.camel@inhio.net> <20170306195758.17d83f1d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20170306194515.GA1541@hephaistos.local> <CA%2B4TWFuPS4qrPBOdD1XGqX3uC3j7NVxBdcojmX5Grk0noJfAFw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 21:51:25 +0200, Chris Knipe wrote: > Just out of interest... > > Is there any reason why /etc/skel IS there then? Other than to create > confusion of course. I think /etc/skel is intended for user-supplied files in the first place when overriding system-supplied files in /usr/share/skel is intended (by changing the default location for tools like pw and adduser). It's also a Linuxism. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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