How will you be adding users in the systems? If you are going to get the users added with the #adduser command, then all you need to do is alias the adduser command and wrap it in a script that can do any tasks you want. Add the alias into the system-wide .bashrc etc. Tony On Thursday 13 Jan 2005 05:23, Chadley Wilson wrote: > Greetings > Does anyone here know if this will be right the right file to edit? > /etc/X11/gdm/PostLogin/Default.sample says this > > #!/bin/sh > # > # Note: this is a sample and will not be run as is. Change the name of > this # file to <sysconfdir>/gdm/PostLogin/Default for this script to be > run. This # script will be run before any setup is run on behalf of the > user and is # useful if you for example need to do some setup to create a > home directory # for the user or something like that. $HOME, $LOGIN and > such will all be # set appropriately and this script is run as root. > > What would the command be to copy a file from $updatedir to the Desktop of > any new user created? > Bearin in mind this is the global config file and should apply to all users > on the system. and that is why I ask, as $HOME will only reflect /root and > since this is a global file it is run as root. > > > Otherwise what can I do to make sure that each new user created on the > system gets a readme.txt on the desktop? > > > -- > Chadley Wilson > Redhat Certified Technician > Cert Number: 603004708291270 > Pinnacle Micro > Manufacturers of Proline Computers > ==================================== > Exercise freedom, Use LINUX > ===================================== -- Tony Dietrich ------------- Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith. -- Paul Tillich, German theologian.
