From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13916 invoked from network); 10 Oct 1997 17:26:56 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 10 Oct 1997 17:26:56 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA28447; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 13:21:54 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 13:17:35 -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: <199710100846.JAA02605@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: 10 Oct 1997 13:12:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: Andrew Main's message of Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:46:13 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.37/XEmacs 19.15 Resent-Message-ID: <"CWD0W2.0.Yw6.lCcFq"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1077 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: > > 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.