Looking for the best way to give all users a common desktop, which comes from one source (for easy administration).
Found copying my /root/.gnome & .sawfish directories to a user home breaks the user's GUI, implying a symlink wouldn't work. I am told .gnome & .sawfish can be copied to /etc/skel to give common look for new users, but need ongoing single-source control. Besides, I tried copying root's config files to skel & it broke user GUIs.
Security is also a concern, so couldn't symlink into root anyway.
Recommendations welcomed, please.
--
C.
The best way out is always through.
- Robert Frost A Servant to Servants, 1914
Hmmm... this is the kernel list... not only the wrong place to ask UI
questions, but lots of people here don't even like UIs. :)
http://www.gnome.org
-M
----- Original Message -----
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 2:13 PM
Subject: Common GUI Config for All Users
> Looking for the best way to give all users a common desktop, which comes
from one source (for easy administration).
>
> Found copying my /root/.gnome & .sawfish directories to a user home breaks
the user's GUI, implying a symlink wouldn't work. I am told .gnome &
.sawfish can be copied to /etc/skel to give common look for new users, but
need ongoing single-source control. Besides, I tried copying root's config
files to skel & it broke user GUIs.
>
> Security is also a concern, so couldn't symlink into root anyway.
>
> Recommendations welcomed, please.
> --
> C.
>
> The best way out is always through.
> - Robert Frost A Servant to Servants, 1914
>
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> questions, but lots of people here don't even like UIs. :)
... except make menuconfig. I prefer DOS 3.3 over any Windoze/KDE out
there :)