Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:35:18 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cloning a user Message-ID: <542079F6.1000808@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <54206EFE.2020300@comcast.net> References: <54206EFE.2020300@comcast.net>
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On 09/22/14 13:48, Dave Babb wrote: > Good Afternoon all, > > I am setting up a new system for a municipality. I want to setup one > user's home dir, their desktop, .profile, dir tree, etc....then clone > it to all the other users I need to setup. email is not a part of this > cloning process. I am trying to avoid the labor setting up each user's > desktop individually..... > > Because the desktop (Mate) will be used.....is their some manner to > not bork up the cloned home dir's when cloning? Is there an approved > method? > > I ask because I am not getting any Google/Yahoo hits....I may be > searching for the wrong terms...or maybe this is not an "orthodox" > strategy. > > May I ask for pointers please? > > > Thank you! > > > Sincerely and respectfully, > > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > most of the default user'[s home-dir is set up from /etc/skel, you could timker with what's in there, then let useradd et all work their magic automatically .... $0.02, no more, no less .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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