From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23838 invoked from network); 14 Oct 1997 21:49:38 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 14 Oct 1997 21:49:38 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA25248; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 17:42:21 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 17:41:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: snoopy.ftlsol.com: tim set sender to Tim.Writer using -f Sender: tim@ftlsol.com To: Andrew Main Cc: quinn@envy.ugcs.caltech.edu, zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: stuff References: <199710101727.SAA13977@taos.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Tim Writer Date: 14 Oct 1997 17:17:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: Andrew Main's message of Fri, 10 Oct 1997 18:27:53 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.37/XEmacs 19.15 Resent-Message-ID: <"yfu0H1.0.t96.MS-Gq"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1083 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Andrew Main 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.