transferring settings to another user acct

notslim · 08-17-2003, 01:24 PM

hey:

i set up this wicked sound set and theme and colours and etc...
as root.

oops.

i dont want to run as root, so is there a way to transfer my settings to my other user?

--dave

MasterC · 08-17-2003, 01:34 PM

Sure, just copy over the . directory containing the files, own them to the new user and smile

The . directory will correspond to the desktop environment likely, and possibly a few applications, but if it's something like KDE, then just .kde should be sufficient.

Cool

darthtux · 08-17-2003, 04:17 PM

To transfer to another user you will have to be root to do it.

just cp or if it is a directory cp -R

then

chown (add -R if it was a directory) their_username.their_username (don't forget the dot) to what you transferred to their home directory.

notslim · 08-17-2003, 04:21 PM

I don't understand..

.. can you explain slower? How do I cp w/o a dest? and if there is a dest, what is it?

darthtux · 08-17-2003, 04:25 PM

Sorry,

cp file_to_move destination_directory
just use the -R option after cp if you're copying a directory

Did this help?

notslim · 08-17-2003, 04:47 PM

oooh.. no i understand that.. but what i want to do is transfer ALL my SETTINGS from root user to my other user (Dave).

is THAT possible?

--Dave

darthtux · 08-17-2003, 04:50 PM

in your root's home directory

cp -R .* users_directory

notslim · 08-17-2003, 04:53 PM

[root@localhost root]# cp -R .* /Dave
cp: copying multiple files, but last argument `Dave' is not a directory

how to remedy this?

darthtux · 08-17-2003, 04:56 PM

1. Are you in the root accounts home directory which is usally /root?

2. is /Dave the path to Dave's home directory? Or is it /home/Dave

3. Case does matter. Dave is not the same as dave

notslim · 08-17-2003, 04:57 PM

/home/Dave. thanks.

notslim · 08-17-2003, 04:59 PM

erm.. do i have to say "y" to all of them, or is <enter> ok?

darthtux · 08-17-2003, 05:01 PM

you'll have to say "y" to all of them for them to transfer.

In the /root directory you can
vim .bashrc
if there is a line
alias cp = cp -i
you can comment it out by putting a # in front of that line

After your done I would take the # out. It's safer that way.

notslim · 08-17-2003, 05:08 PM

is there a param for cp that will override the prompts?

darthtux · 08-17-2003, 05:13 PM

Try the -f option

notslim · 08-17-2003, 05:29 PM

so

Code:

[root@localhost root]# cp -Rf .* /home/Dave

?