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From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:

> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:27:23 -0500
> From: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
> To: FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Subject: How to see files in user home directory
> 
> Created user using adduser taking all the defaults. 
> When logged in user can not see his .files with ls command. 
> 
> Is this normal? 
> 
> User needs to see .forward file. How to change so users can see .files?
> 
> 

If 'ls -a' doesn't show the user's hidden files (starting with a '.') then 
they don't exist. FBSD comes delivered with extremely stripped new user 
defaults which definately don't include .forward files.

I think it is expected that any sysadmin would want to set up the skel 
directory manually. The skel directory is the skeleton used as a reference 
in creating new user accounts. Off the top of my head I can't remember 
where it is in FBSD - /etc/skel ? See the adduser man page.

HTH - JB


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