Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 07:33:14 -0500 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/skel doesn't work?! Message-ID: <6ef72837-3399-86ec-e2eb-8260b256acef@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <d03fb7cd-fac2-1143-1491-085b3d02c05f@qeng-ho.org> References: <1488813922.11457.12.camel@inhio.net> <20170306195758.17d83f1d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20170306194515.GA1541@hephaistos.local> <CA%2B4TWFuPS4qrPBOdD1XGqX3uC3j7NVxBdcojmX5Grk0noJfAFw@mail.gmail.com> <20170306224041.21c7b709.freebsd@edvax.de> <679e1574-178f-5395-45f5-44a1ef377822@columbus.rr.com> <d03fb7cd-fac2-1143-1491-085b3d02c05f@qeng-ho.org>
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On 03/07/17 07:23, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 07/03/2017 12:12, Baho Utot wrote: >> >> >> On 03/06/17 16:40, Polytropon wrote: >>> 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. :-) >>> >>> >>> >> >> That would be all well and good, but /etc/skel just doesn't work > > Nowhere is it documented to work. man adding_user, man pw.conf and man > adduser all document /usr/share/skel as the relevant directory. > > FreeBSD is not Linux, and RTFM is always sound advice. > Then why is /etc/skel there and FTFM
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