Dear Joao, Thanks for your input. Will try the options you've give and see which works best.
I have a central server. All the 40 terminals are thin clients. Regards, Elanjelian 2009/4/16 Joao Ferreira gmail <[email protected]>: > On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 20:04 +0800, Elanjelian Venugopal wrote: >> Hi there! >> >> I am newcomer to Ubuntu, and after becoming convinced with its power, >> embarked on a project to set up computer labs at two local schools in >> Malaysia. One lab, complete with 40 terminals, is now in operation, >> running on Ubuntu 8.10. >> >> Now, here is the problem. >> >> Whenever I create a new user, it appears, I need to yet again set the >> everything from the desktop, to resolution, to default fonts, to input >> method. (The default language is Tamil, and SCIM is used to type in >> Tamil characters.) Typically, this takes about 5 minutes each. There >> are around 400 students in the school, and I'd need to create that >> many users. > > -------------------------------- > solution a) > create one base user (call it 'baseuser') ! configure all you want. when > it's finished dont touch it again. > > for every new user (say student023) do this: > > - su > - cp -R /home/baseuser/* /home/student023/ > - chown -R -f stundent023:users /home/student023 > > you may need some minor adjustments..... try it :) > > ------------------------------------ > solution b) :) > you should also connect to the Gnome (or KDE if that is the case) > mailing lists and ask your question there.... it just may happen that > they have better solutions for that > > ------------------------------------ > solution c) > > use skel. > > all linuxes come with a /etc/skel/ dir: inside that dir is the base > skeleton for all new user accounts. > > I've never tried this, but I belive that you can create 1 user, > configure it as you need. the do > > su > cp -R -f /home/baseuser/* /etc/skel/ > > the following users created will have all those files. (try it)... > that's what skel is for. > ----------------------------------- > > > are you creating all those 200 acconts in all 40 terminals or do you > have a central server ? > > congratulationjs for using linux/ubuntu..... you won't be sorry. > > Joao > > > >> >> I've checked the manual, and did searches in the internet, but did not >> come up with any way to set the default look and feel and input >> method. >> >> I really hope someone in this user group could advise me on how I >> could sort out this problem. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Elanjelian >> (Kuala Lumpur) >> > > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
