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(I see that you have had two replies to this already... with
the basics)

The other responders are correct as far as I know - you can
make the .profile a link to one of two standard ones you
keep - setting the permissions to stop them changing it, or
you might well benefit from some of the utilities HP give
you (is it useradd or adduser?) and using the file /etc/skel
to set up a default user. If you use useradd it can create
the home directory for you with the default .profile, you
can replace this with a link to the ITOE one (for instance)
where appropriate...

GoldBerg <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:7jlqhd$d93$1@news.rt66.com...
> My scenario is:
>
> I have two separate type of users:  ITOE (Information
Technology Office
> Employees) and regular users.  The ITOE users have full
access to the
> environment.  All of the regular users have a restricted
shell and when they
> log in, they see various information that I  have edited
into their
> $HOME/.profile.  The problem I am having is that I have to
copy a .profile
> that is specific to those users every time I add a user to
the environmnet.
>
> My question(s) is/are:
>
> Is there an easier way to do this?
> Is there a way to specify where the .profile comes from?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Please send responses to:
>
> thewavewon@geocities.com
>

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