> >> Does anyone know why Gnome, or Nautilus, insists on creating a
> >> 'Documents' folder in my user 'home' folder? Better, does anyone know
> >> how to kill it? The problem, admittedly minor, is that I want a
> >> 'Documents' folder on my Desktop. If I move the Gnome-created Documents
> >> folder, the next time I login it's back plus I now have two Documents
> >> folders. If I just delete it, the next time I log in, it's back. The FPN
> >> for the problem folder is:
> >> /home/dhenson/Documents
> >> The FPN for the one I want is:
> >> /home/dhenson/Desktop/Documents
> >> One workaround is to create a symlink but I shouldn't have to do that.
> >> Any info will be appreciated.
> > The /etc/skel drives the creation of the Documents folder, not
> > GNOME.  /etc/skel is a template used for creating user accounts with the
> > command `useradd -m "username"`.   Change your preferences there.
> Sounded good in theory but it didn't work. I deleted the directory
> 'Documents' from /etc/skel, deleted the directory 'Documents' from
> /home/dhenson, and logged off/on. It came back.

Expected.  The folders have in GNOME have nothing to do with skel
functionality,  skel only relates to useradd and related tools.  GNOME
will automatically recreate your Documents folder.
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Adam Tauno Williams, Network & Systems Administrator
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