.bash_profile, the empty /etc/skel, and the first user
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(1) Does anybody knows why .bash_profile has to be totally empty?
Yes, I know that policy manuals says /etc/skel should be as empty as
possible, but I think that this:
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
source ~/.bashrc;
fi
would be much better for a "neutral" .bash_profile.
(This would make questions like "why my bash aliases do not work in X?"
disappear forever).
(2) If /etc/skel will continue to be totally empty, installation disks
may ask a simple yes|no question when creating the first "normal" user.
Otherwise this new user will inherit the empty /etc/skel, and one would
have to configure properly both sets of dot files, the one in /etc/skel
and the one in /home/newuser. I don't see this as being sensible.
(3) I don't understand the policy of having /etc/skel totally empty.
This contradicts another policy saying that things should be in the best
"default" state.
\begin{sarcastic}
I think policy manual contradicts itself, because it says:
a) User is so stupid that we must force him/her to create a new user
because otherwise he would do all ordinary things as root.
b) User is so clever that he/she will know how to properly configure a
good /etc/skel directory without any advice of any kind.
\end{sarcastic}
See what I mean?
Regards,
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Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
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