From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13939 invoked from network); 10 Oct 1997 17:39:03 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 10 Oct 1997 17:39:03 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA28853; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 13:34:03 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 13:28:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Main Message-Id: <199710101727.SAA13977@taos.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: stuff To: Tim.Writer@ftlsol.com (Tim Writer) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 18:27:53 +0100 (BST) Cc: zefram@tao.co.uk, quinn@envy.ugcs.caltech.edu, zsh-users@math.gatech.edu In-Reply-To: from "Tim Writer" at Oct 10, 97 01:12:27 pm X-Loop: zefram@tao.co.uk X-Headers: in preparation X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <"8jOqL1.0.U_6.8NcFq"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1078 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu 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