Manually copying /etc/skel/ to /home/user directory.

Solution Verified - Updated -

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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