Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

["Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

Am Samstag, 30. Juli 2011 schrieb Sthu Deus:
> Thank You for Your time and answer, Hans:
> >Create a default user and configure it to your needs. Then copy
> >everything of your settings to /etc/skel. When a new user is created,
> >everything from /etc/skel will be transferred to the new user profile.
> 
> So I have done and found a problem w/ several links to /tmp dir
> having the username in its linking
> 
> and
> 
> some session information that is
> stored in a dir. and files of user KDE config.s.
> 
> What to do w/ this?
Hmm, I never tested this, but when yoiu create a new user, all files from 
/etc/skel should be transferred to the new user's /home. Of course all fils 
must be owned by the user. At first login there are indeed some files created in 
/tmp. Reboot is clearing this stuff, but a script should do it as well.

Please do not just simply copy the files to of the "master"-user to /etc/skel, 
I suggest to use rsync for that. With rsync you are also able to transfer 
symlinks. 

You can also try another way: Create a default user and configure it to yoiur 
needs. Then tar the /home of this user and after creating the new users you 
can untar the files in his /home and change owner by a script. This way you 
have also the advantage, to create very personal profiles.

Good luck!

Hans