Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:44:47 -0500 From: Scott W <wegster@mindcore.net> To: Dru <dlavigne6@sympatico.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: customized /usr/share/skel Message-ID: <3FBEBF8F.9050301@mindcore.net> In-Reply-To: <20031121103130.W599@genisis> References: <20031121103130.W599@genisis>
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Dru wrote: >I'd like to customize /usr/share/skel. It's an easy matter to edit >/usr/src/share/skel/Makefile and to make my own dot files. > >However, will my customizations get overwritten when I make my next world? >If so, what's the best way to go about preventing my files from being >overwritten? e.g. should I place my custom Makefile and dot files in a >different directory and rerun my Makefile after a successful install >world? > >Dru >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > /usr/share/skel is apparently a directory for _examples_, made apparent by the file naming, eg dot.cshrc (instead of .cshrc). Put your system wide files in /etc/skel/ and they'll be used as appropriate when new accounts are created, and should not be touched by any rebuilds. Scott
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