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# 1  
Old 11-09-2011
Help creating new .profile
Hi,

We have a load of users which point to the same basic profile by a link:
Code:
.profile -> /export/home/dusers/INIT/dot.profile

I'd like to create a seperate profile for one user -testu12. If I remove the link from his profile will it delete the actual dot.profile file?

I've tried to do a
Code:
 ln -f -s ~testu12/newprof .profile

but it says .profile already exists..

As usual any help much appreciated!
Last edited by vbe; 11-09-2011 at 08:59 AM.. Reason: code tags...
# 2  
Old 11-09-2011
You can go ahead deleting it...
Code:
cd ~user
rm .profile

# 3  
Old 11-09-2011
Sorry I should have made it clear that I Don't want to delete the dot.profile as it's used by various users on the box. I only want to create a seperate .profile for testu12
# 4  
Old 11-09-2011
Yes I understood...
go to ~testu12 directory and rm .profile
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# 5  
Old 11-09-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Grueben
If I remove the link from his profile will it delete the actual dot.profile file?
No.
 
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