On 2019-02-11, rhkra...@gmail.com <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, February 11, 2019 03:57:14 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 09:07:13PM -0600, David Wright wrote: >> > On Fri 08 Feb 2019 at 10:08:49 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote: >> > > Richard Owlett wrote: >> > > > By my problem definition, any thing in /home/user is not relevant as >> > > > I explicitly want something that affects all current and future >> > > > users. >> > > >> > > Everybody, no matter what? > > Well, this is probably OP (off point), but not OT (off topic). > > There is a directory /etc/sket (with all hidden files thus you need something > like ls /etc/skel/.* to get a listing).
I believe you need something like 'ls -a /etc/skel/', in fact, to see those pesky dot files. Your command, actually, have you tried it? It produces results that are different from what you expected, I think. > AIUI, these files are used, when a new user is created, to create the initial > instance of those files for the new user. It includes files like bashrc (and > lots of others). > > Maybe that will be of some help for future users. > > -- When you have fever you are heavy and light, you are small and swollen, you climb endlessly a ladder which turns like a wheel. Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark