There's a package called "rootfiles" that contains the equivalents for root.
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Matthew Campbell wrote:
> After successfully installing Linux-Mandrake last night, I noticed
> that /root's home directory didn't contain the files that are found in
> /etc/skel, such as .bash_profile and the tmp directory. Is this
> normal, or did something else go wrong during my installation? It
> seems that these files should be in root's home directory, especially
> .bash_profile and the tmp directory.
>
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