Nunya wrote: > FWIW this approach works perfectly for me. > I cp -rL my dotfiles as root, chown root, chmod a+r them. > When I reimage, I cp them as my account. This fixes the owner. > I think they still end up world-readable, but you can fix that. > > I do it for these files: > > desk:/mnt/apt/inst/dotfiles# ls > dot.fetchmailrc dot.gnome dot.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 > dot.procmailrc dot.xsession > dot.fluxbox dot.gnome2 dot.gtkrc-2.0 dot.profile > dot.gbuffyrc dot.gnome2_private dot.kde dot.qt > dot.gconf dot.grun_history dot.kderc dot.xmms > dot.gconfd dot.gtkrc dot.muttrc > dot.xscreensaver
I don't get it. You are talking about copying the files. This of course is not a problem, but what do you do if you have to change the content of hundreds of files for each user? Phil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]