Manually copying /etc/skel/ to /home/user directory.
Issue
/etc/skel will not manually copy to /home/user directory and gives the following errors:
# cp /etc/skel/.* /home/deb
cp: omitting directory `/etc/skel/.'
cp: omitting directory `/etc/skel/..'
cp: cannot create regular file `/home/deb/.bash_logout': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file `/home/deb/.bash_profile': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file `/home/deb/.bashrc': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file `/home/deb/.emacs': Permission denied
cp: omitting directory `/etc/skel/.gnome2'
cp: cannot create regular file `/home/deb/.kshrc': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file `/home/deb/.mkshrc': Permission denied
cp: omitting directory `/etc/skel/.mozilla'
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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