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user_agentd(8)

COPY_HOME(8)  —  MAINTENANCE COMMANDS

NAME

copy_home − fetch default startup files for new home directories

SYNOPSIS

/home/groupname/copy_home  /home/groupname  /home/username

AVAILABILITY

Available only on Sun 386i systems running a SunOS 4.0.x release or earlier.  Not a SunOS 4.1 release feature. 

DESCRIPTION

Whenever snap(1) is used to add a new user account, the copy_home script in the selected primary group’s home directory is executed to copy the default files to the new user’s home directory, and also perform any additional custom setup. 

copy_home copies default environment files, such as .cshrc, .login, and .orgrc, from a group’s defaults directory to a new user’s home directory.  It is started by user_agentd(8) when snap(1) is used to create new home directories on a Sun386i home directory server. 

Every new group created by snap(1) has a home directory, which can be accessed using /home/groupname.  user_agentd(8) copies the contents of the Sun386i’s default group, /home/users, into the home directory of the new group.  This includes the Welcome.txt file, the copy_home script, and the defaults directory .  copy_home can be modified to customize the default setup environment for new users in the group. 

SEE ALSO

snap(1), user_agentd(8)

Sun386i SNAP Administration
Sun386i Advanced Administration

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 6 October 1989

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