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Old 09-16-2002, 10:59 PM   #1
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user settings

like an idiot, when i first started slack, i configured gnome with root. how can i transfer all the settings and such to another user?
 
Old 09-17-2002, 03:10 AM   #2
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A quick and dirty way would be to copy root's .gnome directories and such to the "regular" user's directory.
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Old 09-17-2002, 04:06 PM   #3
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nope, that doesn't work. isn't there another way any how? there's gotta be a command for it
 
  


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