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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
: High minor
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)
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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.