Yes, I found that directory.  Currently it only contains .bashrc and .
bash-profile.  The problem I have is that the dir I copy doesn't work once it's 
copied.  I suspect that this has something to do with copying files which 
shouldn't be copied and son't make sense in another users context. A number of 
dirs/files are also created in /tmp with user names embedded in dirnames and I'm 
wondering if that has something to do with it.  I had considered updating 
etc/skel once I find the files that are required and remove the ones which are 
stopping it from working.

Cheers,
Luuk

Quoting David Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Luuk,
> 
> > I wanted to set up a basic Gnome setup which will be tailored 
> > to what they need 
> > to use.
> 
> > Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to get past 
> > this without 
> > manually creating the gnome setup from scratch?
> 
> Have you heard of the /etc/skel directory? When you set up a new user,
> it
> should copy the contents of /etc/skel to the new users home directory
> (and
> change the permissions).
> 
> I would suggest setting up a user they way you want all your other
> users
> setup and then copying the relevant configuration files to /etc/skel.
> 
>       # cp /home/username/.gnome* /etc/skel
>       # chown -R root:root /etc/skel/.gnome*
> 
> When you add the user use the -m option to copy the contents of
> /etc/skel to
> the new users home directory. See man useradd.
> 
> 
> Good luck
> 
> David Kirk
> 
>  

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