Re: Dot files, get them out of the way
On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 14:44 +0200, ha wrote:
> Would you care to explain how to accomplish that setup?
> It would be nice to have only one file that contains configuration (like
> etc/, let's say .conf/) and not to have to search trough two dozens of
> dot files every time I click on the "Browse" button in whatever
> application - just to find documents/ work/ or data/ directory...
An example for a user that doesn't have the home in /home:
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ grep 100 /etc/passwd
rocketmouse:x:1000:1000::/home/rocketmouse:/bin/bash
chuser:x:1001:1001::/.chuser/.home:/bin/bash
So home for the user "rocketmouse" is /home/rocketmouse, but
home for the user "chuser" is /.chuser.
I don't have a directory /home/chuser, but I simply could run
"mkdir /home/chuser, than all the config files still would be placed
in /.chuser, but I could add my /Documents, /Work etc. directories
in /home/chuser.
However, it doesn't make sense to separate hidden files, I add this
"strange" user and the /home outside of /home for other reasons.
Important files for users are:
"/etc/shadow Secure user account information
/etc/passwd User account information
/etc/gshadow Contains the shadowed information for group accounts
/etc/group Defines the groups to which users belong
/etc/sudoers List of who can run what by sudo
/home/* Home directories" -
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_Groups
I guess it doesn't differ for Debian.
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