On Thu, Apr 09, 1998 at 11:42:30AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > Riku Voipio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, but remeber that changes in /etc/skel affect only users that > > are added in the system _after_ the change. Exeisting users will > > still have old files. I still wonder, what it helps to put global > > configuration in user-specific files. > Then you're saying that the point is not so much new users but existing > users.
Nooooooo... I mean those who new to linux in general and install it in their own computers. For them it doesn't matter if it is in the .bash_profile or in the /etc/profile. However, any large site admin will curse you to the lowest hell, if something is in every 20 000 users home dir what could be a single line in a single file. And if we ever decide to change /etc/skel stuff, it will only affect the users added after the change, and all previous users will be stuck with the old system. But if the change is done in /etc/profile, all users will be affected. Did I make myself clear? Riku -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
