From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 22 20:24:38 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6DA7EBF3 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:24:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37290234 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:24:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-221.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s8MKOV9A016455 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:24:31 -0500 Message-ID: <542086F6.7080807@hiwaay.net> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:30:46 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cloning a user References: <54206EFE.2020300@comcast.net> <64800696-2AB1-4B0E-9C17-D76AE07880BE@mac.com> <5420760C.5000901@comcast.net> <20140922221138.cb34493e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140922221138.cb34493e.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:24:38 -0000 On 09/22/14 15:11, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:18:36 -0600, Dave Babb wrote: >> I also want to clone the MATE configuration and the desktop >> settings.........Just not the email settings. > This is also possible with the /etc/skel mechanism that > programs like useradd or pw can work with. First create > a "sample user" and check that everything works as you > intend. Then copy the required information (files and > subtrees, also partial) to /etc/skel. If something starts > with a dot '.' (at the top level of the skel/ subtree), > replace it by "dot.". See /usr/share/skel for how such > a structure has to look like. Put everything in there > what you need, except for example e-mail settings or > browser configuration. > > Additionally, examine the files (!) for absolute paths. > For example, if your "sample user" has the name "skeltemp", > search for that string in all files. If it's present > somewhere, for example as a reference "/home/skeltemp", > replace it with '~', the abbreviation for the home directory. > This will make sure that, after being instantiated for a > user named "bob", all references to the former "skeltemp" > are gone. > > Sidenote: If there is something you want to set globally, > for example, shell configurations, you can do that at the > files in /etc, for example /etc/csh.cshrc; then the user's > .cshrc (in the skeleton: dot.cshrc) can be empty and only > needs alteration if a preset should be overridden. > > > > And allow me a polite note regarding the answering policy > (or "common suggestion") of this list: > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > I see you're using Thunderbird - it's perfectly able to > properly quote, trim, and answer. > > :-) > > I quite agree about top posting, however I am unable to locate where to adjust that in my T-bird (thunderbird-31.1.0_1, FBSD 9.3) .... any pointers :-) .... TIA .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.