Re: Installing files in user directories
On 20-Oct-98, 11:48 (CDT), Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> wrote:
> The one exception is seeding files for root. Since /root is is
> already created by the base, and it may have special needs for
> startupo files (like, it needs to be way more secure), the files in
> /etc/skel are not used. The base files package creates the minimal
> files that seed /root, but should never again touch /root.
During initial install, yes. During upgrades, no. And isn't base-files
part of the disk image that's unpacked during the initial install,
anyway? So why not just put the initial /root/.profile in the disk
image, and get it out of base-files completely?
As far as "way more secure", I don't think setting the PATH and
umask really qualify (since umask only affects new file creation).
Regards,
Steve
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