Cheers, thanks, does it work recursivly through multiple levels of the file tree, and does it mater who owns what in /etc/skel before I create the new user? On 10/11/06, Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 18:30 +1300, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote: > Hi, I want to creat a new user and copy all files from another users > home into the new users home and have them be the new users files, how > would I do this so things like old evolution mail and other files all > work? > > Could I just temporarily copy them all to /etc/skel ? That should work! That's how I did it in the BBS days, put all the useful stuff for a new user there. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
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