customized /usr/share/skel
I'd like to customize /usr/share/skel. It's an easy matter to edit /usr/src/share/skel/Makefile and to make my own dot files. However, will my customizations get overwritten when I make my next world? If so, what's the best way to go about preventing my files from being overwritten? e.g. should I place my custom Makefile and dot files in a different directory and rerun my Makefile after a successful install world? Dru ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: customized /usr/share/skel
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 10:36:17AM -0500, Dru wrote: I'd like to customize /usr/share/skel. It's an easy matter to edit /usr/src/share/skel/Makefile and to make my own dot files. However, will my customizations get overwritten when I make my next world? If so, what's the best way to go about preventing my files from being overwritten? e.g. should I place my custom Makefile and dot files in a different directory and rerun my Makefile after a successful install world? How about changing the system immutable flags on the /usr/share/skel files you don't want overwritten (chflags noschg)? Not a perfect solution but I don't know of any way that your aim can be achieved via /etc/make.conf or similar. Having said that, I haven't had any problems in the past with the make world process overwriting my customized /usr/share/skel files - whether or not that was because I used mergemaster in interactive mode and chose not to overwrite those files I can't remember now. -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: customized /usr/share/skel
Dru wrote: I'd like to customize /usr/share/skel. It's an easy matter to edit /usr/src/share/skel/Makefile and to make my own dot files. However, will my customizations get overwritten when I make my next world? If so, what's the best way to go about preventing my files from being overwritten? e.g. should I place my custom Makefile and dot files in a different directory and rerun my Makefile after a successful install world? Dru ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/share/skel is apparently a directory for _examples_, made apparent by the file naming, eg dot.cshrc (instead of .cshrc). Put your system wide files in /etc/skel/ and they'll be used as appropriate when new accounts are created, and should not be touched by any rebuilds. Scott ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
