Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Michael Rothwell" <> | Subject | Re: Common GUI Config for All Users | Date | Sat, 28 Apr 2001 17:23:11 -0700 |
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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
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----- Original Message ----- From: <cacook@freedom.net> To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> 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 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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