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Asked: 2010-11-18 07:31:07 +0800 CST

same shell environment in all accounts

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What would be the best way to get the same shell environment (paths excluded) on all my accounts automatically?

What I want is something that transfers the aliases, coloring, and other cool shiznit I have going on in my shell to other shells when I login. Is this possible? Do I have to copy my .bashrc file to all my accounts?

linux unix shell nix

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  1. Make any changes you need to make to /etc/skel. When you invoke useradd, it'll copy the content of this folder into the user's home directory, automatically.

    http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/using_skel.htm

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  2. If you run bash yo can edit /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc. They are analog to the user ~/.profile and ~/.bashrc.

    So put all your common vars in /etc and user more specifc in ~/.

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