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script to copy configuration folder to all users

Hi folks, back again with more problems!

I want to set up a situation where all users will have the same config for a particular web browser.

This is as far as I have gotten, any help anyone can give me would be most appreciated!

Code:

# Bash script to copy .opera folder to all users home directories



# Become root:



sudo -s



# Change to home directory



cd /home/



# For every user, remove current opera config, and install new one:



for $USER in home

        do 



        #remove current config file:



        rm -r .opera/



        #Copy in new config file



        cp /home/sysadmin/config_files/.opera /home/$USER/



        # Change ownership of folder to USER



        chown -R $USER:$USER /home/$USER/.opera

Any improvements or insights anyone can offer will be really appreciated!

Maybe describe more why you want to have the same configuration ? Will you do this regulary ? Shouldn't they change anything ? Your script works fine if you want a script to copy the configurations to their home, but maybe you want something else or something more/

Hi vladmihaisima,

More simply, I want to use opera as a browser that only goes to one website, so I want to set the configuration globally. This seems like the easiest way to accomplish this! What do you think?

If you want them to have some website the first time they open the browser, I think it works...

If you want them to access JUST one website, I do not think it will work. My first idea would be to use some kind of restricted proxy server, but I have no experience with this.