How To Use Etc Skel

The etc skel directory is the directory used by useradd to create the default settings in a new user s home directory.

How to use etc skel. You can change the default location etc skel to any other location. Cat etc default useradd useradd defaults file group 100 home home inactive 1 expire shell bin bash skel etc skel create mail spool yes. To change the location of etc skel edit etc default useradd. Using the etc skel directory on linux is the smart way to ease the burden of populating the home directory of new user accounts. By default this line says skel etc skel.

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