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Date:      Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:31:51 -0600
From:      Server Admin <admin@sage-one.net>
To:        John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to see files in user home directory
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20020321093151.011ed5f0@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203211013050.6878-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs .org>
References:  <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEIBCLAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>

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No, his user has "." dot files, including .forward that were made, they
just aren't running the right "ls" command to see them....

At 10:15 AM 3.21.2002 -0500, John Bleichert wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:27:23 -0500
>> From: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
>> To: FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
>> Subject: How to see files in user home directory
>> 
>> Created user using adduser taking all the defaults. 
>> When logged in user can not see his .files with ls command. 
>> 
>> Is this normal? 
>> 
>> User needs to see .forward file. How to change so users can see .files?
>> 
>> 
>
>If 'ls -a' doesn't show the user's hidden files (starting with a '.') then 
>they don't exist. FBSD comes delivered with extremely stripped new user 
>defaults which definately don't include .forward files.
>
>I think it is expected that any sysadmin would want to set up the skel 
>directory manually. The skel directory is the skeleton used as a reference 
>in creating new user accounts. Off the top of my head I can't remember 
>where it is in FBSD - /etc/skel ? See the adduser man page.
>
>HTH - JB
>
>
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