Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:31:51 -0600 From: Server Admin <admin@sage-one.net> To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to see files in user home directory Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020321093151.011ed5f0@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203211013050.6878-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs .org> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEIBCLAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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No, his user has "." dot files, including .forward that were made, they just aren't running the right "ls" command to see them.... At 10:15 AM 3.21.2002 -0500, John Bleichert wrote: >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 > > >|-John Bleichert----syborg@stny.rr.com----------------| >|-------------------http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg--| > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > .... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/ Best regards, Jack L. Stone Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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