diff --git a/postlfs/config/skel.xml b/postlfs/config/skel.xml index 9b259d8629..b493127c6e 100644 --- a/postlfs/config/skel.xml +++ b/postlfs/config/skel.xml @@ -6,44 +6,48 @@ ]> - -$LastChangedBy$ -$Date$ - - -Configuring for Adding Users - -/etc/skel/* - -/etc/default/useradd - + -Together, the /usr/sbin/useradd command and -/etc/skel directory (both are easy to -setup and use) provide a way to assure new users are added on your -LFS system with the same beginning settings for things -like PATH, keyboard processing and environmental variables. -Using these two facilities makes it easier to assure this initial state for -each new user. + + $LastChangedBy$ + $Date$ + -The /etc/skel directory holds -copies of various initialization and other files that may be copied to the -new user's home directory when the /usr/sbin/useradd -program adds the new user. + Configuring for Adding Users -Useradd + + /etc/skel/* + -The useradd program uses a collection of -default values kept in /etc/default/useradd, -if it exists. If the file does not exist, then it uses some internal -defaults. You can see the default values by running -/usr/sbin/useradd -D. + + /etc/default/useradd + -To change these values to something new, create a base -/etc/default/useradd file with the same values as the output of -/usr/sbin/useradd -D. Here is a sample. + Together, the /usr/sbin/useradd command and + /etc/skel directory (both are easy to + setup and use) provide a way to assure new users are added on your LFS + system with the same beginning settings for things like PATH, + keyboard processing and environmental variables. Using these two facilities + makes it easier to assure this initial state for each new user. -# Begin /etc/default/useradd + The /etc/skel directory holds + copies of various initialization and other files that may be copied to the + new user's home directory when the /usr/sbin/useradd + program adds the new user. + +Useradd + + The useradd program uses a collection of + default values kept in /etc/default/useradd, + if it exists. If the file does not exist, then it uses some internal + defaults. You can see the default values by running + /usr/sbin/useradd -D. + + To change these values to something new, create a base + /etc/default/useradd file with the same values as the output of + /usr/sbin/useradd -D. Here is a sample. + +# Begin /etc/default/useradd GROUP=100 HOME=/home @@ -52,74 +56,77 @@ EXPIRE= SHELL= SKEL=/etc/skel -# End /etc/default/useradd +# End /etc/default/useradd -The only thing missing from the file is a default shell. Add that -by running: + The only thing missing from the file is a default shell. Add that + by running: -/usr/sbin/useradd -D -s/bin/bash +/usr/sbin/useradd -D -s/bin/bash -This will set the SHELL= line to -SHELL=/bin/bash. + This will set the SHELL= line to + SHELL=/bin/bash. -Useradd has many parameters that -can be set in the /etc/default/useradd file. + Useradd has many parameters that + can be set in the /etc/default/useradd file. -For more information see man useradd. + For more information see man useradd. -/etc/skel + /etc/skel -To get started, create an -/etc/skel directory and make sure it is -writable only by the system administrator, usually root. Creating the -directory as root is the best way to go. + To get started, create an /etc/skel directory and make sure it is + writable only by the system administrator, usually root. Creating the + directory as root is + the best way to go. -The mode of any files from this part of the book that you put in -/etc/skel should be writable only by -the owner. Also, since there is no telling what kind of sensitive information -a user may eventually place in their copy of these files, you should -make them unreadable by "group" and "other". + The mode of any files from this part of the book that you put in + /etc/skel should be writable only by + the owner. Also, since there is no telling what kind of sensitive information + a user may eventually place in their copy of these files, you should + make them unreadable by "group" and "other". -You can also put other files in -/etc/skel and -different permissions may be needed for them. + You can also put other files in + /etc/skel and + different permissions may be needed for them. -Decide which initialization files should be provided in every (or most) -new user's home directory. The decisions you make will affect what you -do in the next two sections, and -. Some or all of those files will be -useful for root, any already-existing users, and new users. + Decide which initialization files should be provided in every (or most) + new user's home directory. The decisions you make will affect what you + do in the next two sections, and + . Some or all of those files will be + useful for root, any + already-existing users, and new users. -The files from those sections that you might want to place in -/etc/skel include -.inputrc, .bash_profile, -.bashrc, .bash_logout, -.dircolors, and .vimrc. If -you are unsure which of these should be placed there, just continue to -the following sections, read each section and any references provided, -and then make your decision. + The files from those sections that you might want to place in + /etc/skel include + .inputrc, .bash_profile, + .bashrc, .bash_logout, + .dircolors, and .vimrc. If + you are unsure which of these should be placed there, just continue to + the following sections, read each section and any references provided, + and then make your decision. -You will run a slightly modified set of commands for files which -are placed in /etc/skel. Each section -will remind you of this. In brief, the book's commands have been written for -files not added to -/etc/skel and just send the results to -the user's home directory. If the file is going to be in -/etc/skel, change the book's command(s) -to send output there instead and then just copy the file from -/etc/skel to the appropriate -directories, like /etc, -~ or the home directory -of any other user already in the system. + You will run a slightly modified set of commands for files which + are placed in /etc/skel. Each section + will remind you of this. In brief, the book's commands have been written for + files not added to + /etc/skel and just send the results to + the user's home directory. If the file is going to be in + /etc/skel, change the book's command(s) + to send output there instead and then just copy the file from + /etc/skel to the appropriate + directories, like /etc, + ~ or the home directory + of any other user already in the system. -When Adding a User + When Adding a User -When adding a new user with useradd, use -the parameter, which tells -useradd to create the user's home directory and -copy files from /etc/skel (can be -overridden) to the new user's home directory. For example: + When adding a new user with useradd, use + the parameter, which tells + useradd to create the user's home directory and + copy files from /etc/skel (can be + overridden) to the new user's home directory. For example: -useradd -m jwrober +useradd -m [newuser]