Update..

files/sprachenatelier.netz/homedirs/DEFAULT/_profile

@@ -21,11 +21,17 @@ if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
     PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
 fi
 
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
 # this is for the midnight-commander
 # to become the last directory the midnight commander was in
 # as the current directory when leaving the midnight commander
 #
-if [[ -f /usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh ]]; then
+if [ -f "/usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh" ]; then
    source /usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh
+elif [ -f "/usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh" ] ; then
+   source /usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh
 fi
-

files/sprachenatelier.netz/homedirs/DEFAULT/_profile.j2

@@ -23,14 +23,19 @@ if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
     PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
 fi
 
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
 # this is for the midnight-commander
 # to become the last directory the midnight commander was in
 # as the current directory when leaving the midnight commander
 #
-#. /usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh
-#
-if [ -f "/usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh" ] ; then
+if [ -f "/usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh" ]; then
    source /usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh
+elif [ -f "/usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh" ] ; then
+   source /usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh
 fi
 
 export LANG="de_DE.utf8"

files/sprachenatelier.netz/homedirs/back/_profile

@@ -17,14 +17,17 @@ if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
 fi
 
 # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
-if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
-    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 fi
 
 # this is for the midnight-commander
 # to become the last directory the midnight commander was in
 # as the current directory when leaving the midnight commander
 #
-#. /usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh
-. /usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh
+if [ -f "/usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh" ]; then
+   source /usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh
+elif [ -f "/usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh" ] ; then
+   source /usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh
+fi
 

files/sprachenatelier.netz/homedirs/chris/_profile

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
     PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
 fi
 
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
 # this is for the midnight-commander
 # to become the last directory the midnight commander was in
 # as the current directory when leaving the midnight commander

files/sprachenatelier.netz/homedirs/root/_profile

@@ -35,4 +35,6 @@ elif [ -f "/usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh" ] ; then
    source /usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh
 fi
 
-mesg n
+if command -v mesg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    mesg n
+fi

files/sprachenatelier.netz/homedirs/sysadm/_profile

@@ -10,15 +10,18 @@ fi
 if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
 fi
-if [ -d "$HOME/bin/admin-stuff" ] ; then
-   PATH="$HOME/bin/admin-stuff:$PATH"
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 fi
 
 # this is for the midnight-commander
 # to become the last directory the midnight commander was in
 # as the current directory when leaving the midnight commander
 #
-# . /usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh
-. /usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh
-
-mesg n
+if [ -f "/usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh" ]; then
+   source /usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh
+elif [ -f "/usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh" ] ; then
+   source /usr/lib/mc/bin/mc.sh
+fi