16688 – .bashrc and .bash_profile not created for root

Bug 16688 - .bashrc and .bash_profile not created for root

Summary: .bashrc and .bash_profile not created for root

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team

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Reported:	2003-03-02 16:12 UTC by Jordan Newman
Modified:	2003-09-09 16:18 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Jordan Newman 2003-03-02 16:12:15 UTC

The default .bashrc and .bash_profile from /etc/skel/ are not copied over when
the root account is created.  This may be a result of those files not existing
when the root account is created and the stage1 tarball is extracted.

Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-04-13 14:40:08 UTC

Any suggestion to the packagers how (or if) I can/should change baselayout to
get these into the build tarball ?

My opinion is that root is not a 'user' account, and as such if the admin want
those files, he should know to cp them from /etc/skel/ ....

Comment 2 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-04-13 17:34:26 UTC

I agree. I do not think this is an issue,
nor do I think it should be changed.

Comment 3 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-09 16:18:08 UTC

agreed. less is more with the root account.