After install linux and configured a user to what I want (e.g.
Desktop settings, Firefox settings etc.) - how can I copy this entire setup to a newly create user?

Appreciate any advise.

Hi michalng,

This is totally depending upon permissions. But only root can assign such permissions to users, and not a user himself.
You can try the above commands as specified by Tinkster, they are really helpful. Else you can study a bit about permissions with usermod and group commands and you will figure out the solution on your own. What i am trying to tell you is that either you copy complete files from a user to other user's directory...Or you can put several users in a single group so that file accessing becomes easier.

Cheers,
Kapil

Seems to be a slight error.

Instead of copying the entire contents of folder of user1 to user2.

the first command actually copies the folder of user1 into user2.


Anyway to tweak the command ?

that -r should copy everything, the r switch is for recursive copying. Saying that, then, try

though you'll have to create the dir first.

Why don't you want the whole directory copying? They should both have the same name anyway, shouldn't they? I can't see why they wouldn't

you also forgot the second step

it would be
chown user /path/of/above/destination
chgrp user's_grop /path/of/above/destination (the group name is often the same as the user name)

In that case, do
and save yourself a step

Only if you happened to create the dir user2 first ...
in that case cp will stick whatever you wanted to copy
inside the "target directory".

On a side note, /etc/skel is a sort of default user profile location. When a new user account is created, the contents of /etc/skel get copied to the new user's /home profile.

I agree with Slow Coder, if you want these settings to automatically apply for all new users, as they are created. /etc/skel is what you want to look at.

http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20an...using_skel.htm

You might want to compare the differences between the model you want to use and the /etc/skel/ contents. Maybe you don't want to include everything, such as ~/.mozilla/ or ~/.thumbnails/, but want ~/.kde, ~/.vimrc, ~/.mplayer, etc.

If you are root-user, open rootfolder and ctrl+h show the hidden files and folders. Then copy .config folder.

In another window open your new-user folder and ctrl+h show the hidden files and folders and you see .config folder too. In this folder paste the .config folder you previsously copied. And click Merge and Replace when it prompts you to choose.

That's it. Log out as root and log in as the user you created.

command line

cp -R --force /root/.config /home/user/.config

If you are root-user, open rootfolder and ctrl+h show the hidden files and folders. Then copy .config folder.

In another window open your new-user folder and ctrl+h show the hidden files and folders and you see .config folder too. In this folder paste the .config folder you previsously copied. And click Merge and Replace when it prompts you to choose.

That's it. Log out as root and log in as the user you created.

command line

cp -R --force /root/.config /home/user/.config