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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    RE: [gentoo-dev] .bashrc and .bash_profile
From:       Brenden Walker <BKWalker () DRBSystems ! com>
Date:       2003-12-30 20:12:44
Message-ID: E6C5AB880E3CD311B34E00902785FB61034096CE () dsiw ! drbsystems ! com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Hosiawa [mailto:tomek32@rogers.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:23 PM
> To: gentoo-dev
> Subject: [gentoo-dev] .bashrc and .bash_profile
> 
> 
> I asked this before on gentoo-user but didn't really get a 
> response, so I thought I would ask here.
> 
> Why isn't .bashrc and .bash_profile from /etc/skel used by 
> default in /root?

/etc/skel is copied into home directories when they are created via adduser
or other scripts.  They are not defaults other than for new user creation.
The root user is never created in the usual user creation fashion, so the
/etc/skel files are never copied.


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