Manage template user environment
The /etc/skel directory contains files and directories that are automatically copied over to a new user's when it is created from useradd command:
ll /etc/skel/
>total 48K
>drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jul 31 2020 ./
>drwxr-xr-x 156 root root 12K Mar 26 21:44 ../
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 220 Feb 25 2020 .bash_logout
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.7K Feb 25 2020 .bashrc
>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jul 31 2020 .config/
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15K Apr 13 2020 .face
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Jan 5 15:33 .face.icon -> .face
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 807 Feb 25 2020 .profile
Note: The location of /etc/skel can be changed by editing the line that begins with SKEL= in the configuration file /etc/default/useradd.