How do I set a user's default .bashrc file?
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You may put default configurations in /etc/skel so that useradd(8) can copy files in /etc/skel whenever it creates new user's directory by '-m' option.
Note that this is used only for the new-user. Existing user accounts are not affected.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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cwd over 1 year
On Ubuntu 10.4 I have edited the
/etc/bash.bashrc
file to set some variables like the command history size (HISTSIZE=5000
), however if I create a new users Ubuntu by default gives them a.bashrc
file in their home directory with this set asHISTSIZE=1000
which is overriding mine. How can I change the default.bashrc
file that is created? -
Shadur over 12 yearsIf you want to set this up proactively, tell the
.bashrc
file in/etc/skel/
to source, for instance,/etc/defaults/bashrc
or whatever file you choose. That still won't prevent users from removing the line in their own.bashrc
if they want it gone, but.