Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:15:31 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to see files in user home directory Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203211013050.6878-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEIBCLAA.barbish@a1poweruser.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 |-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
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