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From: Tim Writer <Tim.Writer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Andrew Main <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: stuff
Date: 10 Oct 1997 13:12:27 -0400
Cc: quinn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Andrew Main's message of Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:46:13 +0100 (BST)
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Andrew Main <zefram@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Tim Writer wrote:
> >                                              system administrators, who may
> >be responsible for managing a large number of machines and assisting a large
> >number of users, really have no choice but to provide a reasonably nice (site
> >specific) environment (i.e. not the default) via /etc/z*.
> 
> No, that's what /etc/skel is for.
> 

I disagree.  The purpose of /etc/skel is to provide an INITIAL environment.
It doesn't solve the (much more difficult) problem of MAITAINING a
consistent, friendly environment for those users that don't have the skills
to do it themselves.

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