From: Tim Writer <Tim.Writer@ftlsol.com>
To: Andrew Main <zefram@tao.co.uk>
Cc: quinn@envy.ugcs.caltech.edu, zsh-users@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: stuff
Date: 14 Oct 1997 17:17:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m390vw59jr.fsf@snoopy.ftlsol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Andrew Main's message of Fri, 10 Oct 1997 18:27:53 +0100 (BST)
Andrew Main <zefram@tao.co.uk> writes:
> 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).
Actually, that's what I do in practice. But I set up some basic machinery in
/etc/zshenv.
prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-10-14 21:49 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 ` stuff Andrew Main
1997-10-14 21:17 ` Tim Writer [this message]
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