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Maintain skeleton directories

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Maintain skeleton directories

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- When a new user is created, their startup files are copied from the slash etc slash skel directory. This is called the Skeleton directory. We can specify a different skeleton directory by using the dash k option when we create a new user. Note that this is only for the initial creation of a user. If you change the files in the etc skel directory after the user is created, it won't update the existing users. Let's take a look at the etc skel directory. Type in cd space slash etc slash S-K-E-L and hit enter. Now let's do a long list showing hidden files. type in ls space dash la and hit enter again. We can see the shell startup files as well as a hidden .mozilla directory. We can add any files we want here and they will be copied to the new user's home directory automatically. These could be desktop settings, shell aliases, or even configuration files for various programs. Let's copy our modified .bashrc file into the…

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