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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: 10 Oct 1997 13:12:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k9fl5ypw.fsf@snoopy.ftlsol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Andrew Main's message of Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:46:13 +0100 (BST)

Andrew Main <zefram@tao.co.uk> writes:

> Tim Writer wrote:
> >                                              system administrators, who may
> >be responsible for managing a large number of machines and assisting a large
> >number of users, really have no choice but to provide a reasonably nice (site
> >specific) environment (i.e. not the default) via /etc/z*.
> 
> 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.


  reply	other threads:[~1997-10-10 17:26 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       ` Tim Writer [this message]
1997-10-10 17:27         ` stuff Andrew Main
1997-10-14 21:17           ` stuff Tim Writer

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