Changeset 7346f16

Timestamp:

12/31/2002 10:00:02 PM (22 years ago)

Author:

Mark Hymers <markh@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gimp3, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, v1_0, v5_0, v5_0-pre1, v5_1, v5_1-pre1, xry111/for-12.3, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/spidermonkey128, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

c78533e

Parents:

bc1ea4e6

Message:

add skel page

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@545 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• postlfs/config/skel.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -10 +10 @@
 
 <itemizedlist>
+
+<listitem><para>December 31st, 2002 [markh]: PostLFS: Added James 
+Robertson's /etc/skel page.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>December 31st, 2002 [markh]: PST: Added Alex's patch for

postlfs/config/skel.xml

@@ -3 +3 @@
 <title>/etc/skel</title>
 
-<para>To be written.</para>
+<para>The <filename>/etc/skel</filename> directory is quite simple
+to setup and use.  It provides a way to make sure that all new users on
+your LFS system begin with the same settings.  The
+<filename>/etc/skel</filename> directory is used by the
+<filename>/usr/sbin/useradd</filename> program.</para>
 
+<para>For more information see <filename>man useradd</filename>.</para>
+
+<para>To get started create a <filename>/etc/skel</filename> directory.
+Creating the directory as root is the best way to go.  Next copy any
+files into <filename>/etc/skel</filename> that you want every new user
+to have placed in their home drive.  Examples include
+<filename>.bash_profile</filename>, <filename>.bashrc</filename>,
+<filename>.bash_logout</filename>, <filename>dircolors</filename>,
+<filename>.inputrc</filename>, and <filename>.vimrc</filename>.</para>
+
+<para>When creating a new user with
+<filename>/usr/sbin/useradd</filename> use the <userinput>-m</userinput>
+parameter.  For example:</para>
+
+<para><screen>[prompt]#<userinput>useradd -m -s/bin/bash
+jwrober</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>The <filename>/usr/sbin/useradd</filename> program uses a
+collection of default values.  It will read them from the
+<filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> file if it exists.  If the
+file does not exist, then it uses some internal defaults.  They can be
+found by running <userinput>/usr/sbin/useradd -D</userinput>.</para>
+
+<para>To change these values to something new, create a base
+<filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> file with the same values as
+the output of <userinput>/usr/sbin/useradd -D</userinput>.  Here is a
+sample.</para>
+
+<para><screen># Begin /etc/default/useradd
+
+GROUP=100
+HOME=/home
+INACTIVE=-1
+EXPIRE=
+SHELL=
+SKEL=/etc/skel
+
+# End /etc/default/useradd</screen></para>
+
+<para>The only thing missing from the file is a default shell.  Add that
+by running:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>/usr/sbin/useradd -D
+-s/bin/bash</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>This will set the <userinput>SHELL=</userinput> line to
+<userinput>SHELL=/bin/bash</userinput>.  This makes it even easier to
+add new users to your LFS system.  The
+<filename>/usr/sbin/useradd</filename> has many parameters that can be
+set in the <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> file.  See the man
+page for more details.</para>
 
 </sect1>