On 2010-09-10, Jerome Warnier <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 19:00 -0300, Fernando Lemos wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Christoph Anton Mitterer >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > You're aware that not only .bash_* and .profile can be distributed >> > by /etc/skel,... but any other config file (e.g. .vimrc) a specific site >> > or organisation may found useful for their users? >> > Or a predefined directory structure,... ssh config perhaps specific for >> > each user? >> /etc/skel is used to populate user home directories on user creation, >> nothing more. For system-wide settings , use /etc (e.g. >> /etc/vim/vimrc.local). Use site-specific scripts for any more >> convoluted needs you might have. There's nothing to be discussed about >> this, really. > Think about places where the home is on a server, while /etc is on local > workstations. > You need to extend your vision.
I don't think it's sensible to rely on changes in /etc/skel to be propagated somewhen to /home at user creation time for any sane organization-wide configuration setting. One tries to distribute configuration files to /etc on all machines organization-wide to get a similar configuration. Kind regards, Philipp Kern -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
