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From: Andrew Main <zefram@tao.co.uk>
To: Tim.Writer@ftlsol.com (Tim Writer)
Cc: zefram@tao.co.uk, quinn@envy.ugcs.caltech.edu, zsh-users@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: stuff
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 18:27:53 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199710101727.SAA13977@taos.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3k9fl5ypw.fsf@snoopy.ftlsol.com> from "Tim Writer" at Oct 10, 97 01:12:27 pm

Tim Writer wrote:
>> No, that's what /etc/skel is for.
>
>I disagree.  The purpose of /etc/skel is to provide an INITIAL environment.
>It doesn't solve the (much more difficult) problem of MAITAINING a
>consistent, friendly environment for those users that don't have the skills
>to do it themselves.

I see what you mean.  You need to have one single set of shell setup
files, that will be used by any user that makes no attempt to change eir
setup.  However, I disagree that these need to be called /etc/zshenv etc..
It would be much better to have an /etc/skel setup with files that just
source your master files, which you can keep anywhere you want (say,
/usr/local/lib/skel).

-zefram


  reply	other threads:[~1997-10-10 17:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-10-08 23:12 stuff Quinn Dunkan
1997-10-09  9:13 ` stuff Andrew Main
1997-10-09 10:04   ` stuff Bruce Stephens
1997-10-09 18:22   ` stuff Tim Writer
1997-10-10  8:46     ` stuff Andrew Main
1997-10-10 17:12       ` stuff Tim Writer
1997-10-10 17:27         ` Andrew Main [this message]
1997-10-14 21:17           ` stuff Tim Writer

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