the directory you're looking for is /etc/skel ... when you adduser someone the files in there will be copied into their directory. ls -a /etc/skel along with thsoe files is a .bashrc, which will read the contents of /etc/bashrc and thereby gives you global control. -d Adam T. Gautier said: > I have implemented an LDAP server for system logins. To create a new > user I create an LDIF file and load it into the LDAP server and then > create the home directory. My question is how do get the home directory > to be created with the default settings for a home directory (bash > settings and what not). Thx. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -+(duncan brown -+(duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+(http://www.linuxadvocate.net () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot