On 20-Oct-98, 11:48 (CDT), Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The one exception is seeding files for root. Since /root is is > already created by the base, and it may have special needs for > startupo files (like, it needs to be way more secure), the files in > /etc/skel are not used. The base files package creates the minimal > files that seed /root, but should never again touch /root.
During initial install, yes. During upgrades, no. And isn't base-files part of the disk image that's unpacked during the initial install, anyway? So why not just put the initial /root/.profile in the disk image, and get it out of base-files completely? As far as "way more secure", I don't think setting the PATH and umask really qualify (since umask only affects new file creation). Regards, Steve
