19.5 The Skeleton Directory (etcskel)

   

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19.5 The Skeleton Directory (/etc/skel)

This directory contains default configuration files for new users. These files are copied to the newly created home directory of a user when the useradd command is executed with the -m option. You can configure these files with default settings. The .exrc file is used as the startup configuration file for the vi editor. If the user is assigned to the C shell, the . cshrc and .login files are used at the time of login. If a user has POSIX or Bourne shell as the default shell, the .profile file is used at login. Environment settings like the PATH variable, default printer, and user prompt may be configured in these files. A listing of this directory is as follows .

 $  ll -a /etc/skel  total 20 drwxrwxr-x   2 root   sys       96 Nov  9  1997 . dr-xr-xr-x  27 bin    bin     6144 Nov  9 20:20 .. -r--r--r--   1 bin    bin      814 Nov  7  1997 .cshrc -r--r--r--   1 bin    bin      347 Oct 27  1997 .exrc -r--r--r--   1 bin    bin      341 Nov  7  1997 .login -r--r--r--   1 bin    bin      446 Nov  7  1997 .profile $ 

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