diff --git a/share/skel/dot.profile b/share/skel/dot.profile
index 95ed15cdc5ba..f0fefc9c3d98 100644
--- a/share/skel/dot.profile
+++ b/share/skel/dot.profile
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
-PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/new:/usr/local:/usr/games:/usr/old:.
-export PATH HOME TERM
+PATH=$HOME/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/contrib/bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/old/bin:/usr/local/bin
+export PATH
+
+EDITOR=vi
+export EDITOR
+EXINIT='set autoindent'
+export EXINIT
+PAGER=more
+export PAGER
+
+umask 2