Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-05 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Scott: >By default, when a new user is created a new group is also created, >and a home into which the contents of /etc/skel is copied, then >ownership is set to the new user, permissions *don't* change - just >the *ownership* eg.:- chown -R newuser:newuser Oh!

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/08/11 04:16, Sthu Deus wrote: Thank You for Your great work You have performed, Scott, among other You wrote: I copied the files as root to /etc/skel in the first place so permissions are as they should be. No chmod required NOTE: I don't have session saving enabled and I remove all

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-04 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your great work You have performed, Scott, among other You wrote: >I copied the files as root to /etc/skel in the first place so >permissions are as they should be. No chmod required > >NOTE: I don't have session saving enabled and I remove all histories >before copying the model

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-03 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 04/08/11 01:42, Sthu Deus wrote: Thank You for Your time and answer again, Scott: OK. For me it works as follows: . when I use /etc/skel - it does not work at all - but problem here is that I need manually (do You know how to perform it automatically) to change for every dir. permission

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-03 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer again, Scott: >> What do You do w/ session-related files, like, for example, >> >> /home/user/.kde/share/config/session >> >> kmix_1234c1b36800013118627870017450007_1311923580_463075 >> konsole_1234c1b36800013118634850017450011_1311923580_463856 >> kwin_1

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/08/11 10:14, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 09:54 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 02/08/11 01:50, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 02:48 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: I think that's the hard way. Using KIOSK is probably easier and more consistent (e.g

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-01 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 09:54 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 02/08/11 01:50, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 02:48 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > >>> I think that's the hard way. Using KIOSK is probably easier and more > >>> consistent (e.g., KDE does not normally read

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/08/11 01:50, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 02:48 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: I think that's the hard way. Using KIOSK is probably easier and more consistent (e.g., KDE does not normally read all the bash profile/rc scripts). Alas, I'm flat out today through Monday s

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-01 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 02:48 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > I think that's the hard way. Using KIOSK is probably easier and more > > consistent (e.g., KDE does not normally read all the bash profile/rc > > scripts). Alas, I'm flat out today through Monday so I don't think I'll > > have time to

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/08/11 21:06, Sthu Deus wrote: Thank You for Your time and answer, Scott: I usually just selectively copy as root from the "model user"/.kde/ so that /etc/skel look like:- http://b2.ge.tt/835IuO6/skel.png NOTE: with the exception of the /apps/dolphin directory the complete contents of all

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-08-01 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Scott: >I usually just selectively copy as root from the "model user"/.kde/ >so that /etc/skel look like:- >http://b2.ge.tt/835IuO6/skel.png >NOTE: with the exception of the /apps/dolphin directory the complete >contents of all the other directories is copied.

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-07-31 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, John: >I think that's the hard way. Using KIOSK is probably easier and more >consistent (e.g., KDE does not normally read all the bash profile/rc >scripts). Alas, I'm flat out today through Monday so I don't think >I'll have time to answer the previous questio

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-07-30 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 31/07/11 01:10, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Sat, 2011-07-30 at 14:14 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> Am Samstag, 30. Juli 2011 schrieb Sthu Deus: >>> Thank You for Your time and answer, Hans: Create a default user and configure it to your needs. Then copy everything of your setti

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-07-30 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Sat, 2011-07-30 at 14:14 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Am Samstag, 30. Juli 2011 schrieb Sthu Deus: > > Thank You for Your time and answer, Hans: > > >Create a default user and configure it to your needs. Then copy > > >everything of your settings to /etc/skel. When a new user is created, > >

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-07-30 Thread Brad Alexander
I thought that would be to copy the .kde directory to another user...I thought that is where all of the user-specific KDE config files lived... Am I wrong here? I didn't think so, as when parts of my desktop get broken, I can do surgery in that directory structure (or at worst case, delete the ent

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-07-30 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Hans: >Hmm, I never tested this, but when yoiu create a new user, all files >from /etc/skel should be transferred to the new user's /home. Of >course all fils must be owned by the user. At first login there are >indeed some files created in /tmp. Reboot is clear

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-07-30 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Samstag, 30. Juli 2011 schrieb Sthu Deus: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Hans: > >Create a default user and configure it to your needs. Then copy > >everything of your settings to /etc/skel. When a new user is created, > >everything from /etc/skel will be transferred to the new user profi

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-07-30 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Hans: >Create a default user and configure it to your needs. Then copy >everything of your settings to /etc/skel. When a new user is created, >everything from /etc/skel will be transferred to the new user profile. So I have done and found a problem w/ several l

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-07-14 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 15:27 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of the day. > > How I can customize the KDE4 desktop so that it can be then transferred > to other users. > > For example - I login under a user, make my preferences, save the > session, logout. Then, super user copies the (which?) f

Re: KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-07-14 Thread hans . ullrich
Am Donnerstag, 14. Juli 2011 schrieb Sthu Deus: > Good time of the day. > > How I can customize the KDE4 desktop so that it can be then transferred > to other users. > > For example - I login under a user, make my preferences, save the > session, logout. Then, super user copies the (which?) files

KDE4.4 desktop customization for multiple users.

2011-07-14 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day. How I can customize the KDE4 desktop so that it can be then transferred to other users. For example - I login under a user, make my preferences, save the session, logout. Then, super user copies the (which?) files/dir.s to another user, chowning it for the user. Or, may the