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Looking for a good resource to answer a few questions. If someone could point me in the right direction or if you want to give me an idea yourself I appreciate it. Mainly looking for a good free source of info though.

Here are the questions I want to answer:

How is the user profile implemented for Linux?

A description of the functionality of each file used to support the profile.
A summary of the process for building and/or modifying the profile.
An overview of characteristics associated with a User Profile.

Don't want anyone to earn my degree for me, but I am stuck and cant find a good source for this. Worded many different ways in searches with no real success. My inexperience with Linux is hurting me here.

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/home/[username]

No set way, settings etc... stored in hidden folders (beginning with .*)

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Thanks for the quick reply. Any thoughts on some additional resources for this topic? I have to write a couple of paragraphs on this and the Windows (Thanks for that too!) profiles as well. Just need to get some details to do so.


/home/[username]

No set way, settings etc... stored in hidden folders (beginning with .*)

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Well, the ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc file run login scripts, set environment variables such as the PATH, and the shell you want to use. ~/.bash_logout is the logout script.

/etc/profile is the default one.
/etc/skel by the way, is the default /home/[username] template for new users

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