On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 22:46 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 19:05 +0930, Tim wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 20:10 +1300, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote: > > > > > does it work recursivly through multiple levels of the file tree, and > > > does it mater who owns what in /etc/skel before I create the new > > > user? > > > > Try it and see. You're creating a new user, so you're not going to > > stuff up any existing users. > > > > The skel directory populates *new* users, so it couldn't possibly > > already have the ownerships set for that new user. My guess would be > > that it'd be filled with root owned files and folders, so that no other > > ordinary user could poison things for new users. > > As I mentioned earlier, in the Linux BBS days files in skel would be > installed in a new users /home/username directory and all of them would > be chown'd by the new user... the whole reason for skel.... back when. > Give it a whirl, you can't hurt nuttin'. Ric > You _can_ hurt something if you put something in there that you want limited in scope as to which users get that feature. In general, things in /etc/skel should be items that will get configured for EVERY user. Things that are limited in scope to a few users should not really go in that area. You also can write a simple script of your own to add items that are specific to a few users and eliminate the problem above. > -- > ================================================ > My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: > "There are two Great Sins in the world... > ...the Sin of Ignorance, and > ...the Sin of Stupidity. > Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. > > Linux user# 44256 > Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ > http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar > http://www.wayward4now.net > > ================================================ >
