How to Customize User Initialization Files

1. Become superuser on the system where the users' home directories are created and shared.

2. Create a skeleton directory for each type of user.

   # mkdir /shared-directory/skel/user-type

   shared-directory	The name of a directory that is available to other systems on the network.
   user-type	The name of a directory to store initialization files for a type of user.

3. Copy the default user initialization files into the directories you created for different types of users.

   # cp /etc/skel/local.cshrc /shared-directory/skel/user-type/.cshrc # cp /etc/skel/local.login /shared-directory/skel/user-type/.login # cp /etc/skel/local.profile /shared-directory/skel/user-type /.profile

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   You can use the ls -a command to list . (dot) files.

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4. Edit the user initialization files for each user type and customize them based on your site's needs.

   See "Customizing a User's Work Environment" for a detailed description on the ways to customize the user initialization files.

5. Set the permissions for the user initialization files.

   # chmod 744 /shared-directory/skel/user-type/.*

Example--Customizing User Initialization Files

The following example customizes the C-shell user initialization file in the /export/skel/enduser directory designated for a particular type of user.

# mkdir /export/skel/enduser
# cp /etc/skel/local.cshrc /export/skel/enduser/.cshrc
 
(Edit .cshrc file-see "Example--.cshrc File ")
# chmod 744 /export/skel/enduser/.*