Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 11:49:19 -0500 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/skel doesn't work?! Message-ID: <ee216e70-5fc4-bac1-68ac-aea9ca737c35@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <81c0f90c-eb5b-4796-a0c7-cf906a0e549c@qeng-ho.org> References: <1488813922.11457.12.camel@inhio.net> <20170306195758.17d83f1d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20170306194515.GA1541@hephaistos.local> <CA%2B4TWFuPS4qrPBOdD1XGqX3uC3j7NVxBdcojmX5Grk0noJfAFw@mail.gmail.com> <20170306224041.21c7b709.freebsd@edvax.de> <679e1574-178f-5395-45f5-44a1ef377822@columbus.rr.com> <d03fb7cd-fac2-1143-1491-085b3d02c05f@qeng-ho.org> <6ef72837-3399-86ec-e2eb-8260b256acef@columbus.rr.com> <81c0f90c-eb5b-4796-a0c7-cf906a0e549c@qeng-ho.org>
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On 03/07/17 09:14, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 07/03/2017 12:33, Baho Utot wrote: >> >> >> On 03/07/17 07:23, Arthur Chance wrote: >>> On 07/03/2017 12:12, Baho Utot wrote: >>>> >>>> > > [snip] > >>>> That would be all well and good, but /etc/skel just doesn't work >>> >>> Nowhere is it documented to work. man adding_user, man pw.conf and man >>> adduser all document /usr/share/skel as the relevant directory. >>> >>> FreeBSD is not Linux, and RTFM is always sound advice. >>> >> >> Then why is /etc/skel there > > Good question. The proximate cause is the entry in > /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist but that doesn't explain the rationale. > > A quick scan of the svn repository shows that pw was added for 2.1.7-R > (slightly over 20 years ago), but it used /usr/share/skel from day one. > > Looking at the svn entries for /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist I find that > /etc/skel was introduced at 2.2.7-R by Jordan Hubbard on Feb 27th 1998 > with the comment: > > "MFC: /etc/skel doesn't seem to be used in the -current branch either, > but it doesn't hurt." > > This probably comes under the heading of "it seemed like a good idea at > the time". > >> and FTFM > > The manual isn't wrong. However, I agree it could be a little more > helpful in correcting the illusions of those coming from Linux. > So are you saying that you are going to fix this?
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