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helpvampire

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Registered: 2009-08-10

Posts: 32

Change /etc/skel files

Hi,

I want to change the contents of /etc/skel so that new users are created with different default configuration but "pacman -Qo" sais all the files are owned by bash and xorg-xinit, so if I change them they will be overwritten when I upgrade.

Is there a way to get around this so I can create new users with different default settings?

Thanks.

Last edited by helpvampire (2009-08-19 12:58:33)

helpvampire

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Registered: 2009-08-10

Posts: 32

Re: Change /etc/skel files

The file I want to change is ".xinitrc".

Last edited by helpvampire (2009-08-19 12:57:56)

tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Change /etc/skel files

Have a look at man useradd - you can user a different skel dir, with your own custom content.

helpvampire

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Registered: 2009-08-10

Posts: 32

Re: Change /etc/skel files

Great, thanks.