[Lias] /etc/skel

[Simon Bryan]

Phil Scarratt said:

>
> I assume you're still with Gnome (what version?). According to the
> session management part of the Administrator's Guide
> (http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/2.2/):

ummmm, how do you tell (the original server was setup for me by somene else)?

and why have I been looking everywhere for info except gnome.org??   :-(




> <QUOTE>
> 6.2. Setting Session Defaults
> The following table lists the files that contain default session
> information:
>
> File:
> /usr/share/gnome/default.session
> Description:
> Default session file. Default session details are stored in this file.
> File:
> $HOME/.gnome2/session
> Description:
> User session file. When a user modifies the session, the details are
> stored in this file.
>
> To set default session details for all users, modify the default session
> file.
>
> To restore the default session settings for a user, delete the session
> file from the home directory of the user. If no user session file is
> present, the default settings in /usr/share/gnome/default.session are used.
>
> To save the current session as the default session, users can run the
> gnome-session-save command.
> </QUOTE>
>
>
>> I did have skel=/etc/skel umask=0077 in the call to pam_mkhomedir.so, taking them
>> out has made no difference so habe left them out (I think they are the defaults).
>>
>> Does this give anybody any ideas?
>>
>> Remember this is an LTSP server using winbind to authenticate users, the users
>> home
>> directory is setup with pam_mkhomedir.so on first login. We are running gdm (is
>> that
>> why we default to Gnome?)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> ____________________
>> Simon Bryan
>> IT Manager
>> OLMC Parramatta
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>
> hope this helps
>
> Fil
>
>
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Simon Bryan
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