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Replicating the desktop settings for one user based on another user
Vera:
Thanks @NN ! I can't believe all this time I've been doing workarounds to deal with the hidden files. I tried "view" -> "show hidden files" like you said, and it worked fine. I don't know how I missed that for so long, but I did. I guess I just always used workarounds to deal with those issues before so I never got completely stuck, but being able to view hidden files is a lot better. Plus, that ability can be toggled off and on as I wish. Thanks. 8) :D
TO UPDATE FOR LL 4.0 - Yes, this method of replicating the user desktop settings works equally well in LL 4.0, I just tried it out and there are no problems. I will update my original post accordingly.
ANOTHER TIP if you're using this method: I also recommend replicating any browser settings you may want, since it can take just as long to set up browser settings by point-and-click as the desktop settings. For multiple users and/or multiple browsers, this can take a really long time. To replicate browser settings for Firefox I used the same process as for the desktop settings, but with the directory /home/newuser/.mozilla/firefox (remove, copy that of the main user's, and chown). For other browsers the principle is the same, just be sure to find the brower's directory under the user's directory.
I've been able to set up my additional users in a fraction of the time that it used to take me!
NN:
--- Quote from: Vera on June 02, 2018, 10:17:34 PM ---Thanks NN, I tried your method. It worked well
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I'm glad you liked this simple method. :)
--- Quote ---but I had to do cd ~/.config first. Then, I was able to see xfce4 and do the copy and paste. But I can't get there via Thunar directly from the home directory, because I can't see .config that way. Still, this worked well once I was in the .config folder.
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Oh, it's easy! You should have ticked 'show hidden files' on the menu (option 'View'). Any dot before a file name hides it, so .config (with a dot) is a hidden file while config (without the dot) is not hidden. :)
Vera:
--- Quote from: NN on June 02, 2018, 02:44:51 PM ---I would do the operations just by copying and pasting the files in Thunar opened as a root - by right click and choosing the root option, or by opening Thunar by the commands in the terminal: sudo su ---> [ password ] ---> thunar
These will open Thunar with admin privileges for me to copy and paste necessary files. 8)
I don't know whether this way is really elegant, but for me it is easier and faster as I am a former Win-user and got accustomed to do such things like this - without too complicated terminal commands. :)
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Thanks @NN , I tried your method. It worked well, but I had to do cd ~/.config first. Then, I was able to see xfce4 and do the copy and paste. But I can't get there via Thunar directly from the home directory, because I can't see .config that way. Still, this worked well once I was in the .config folder.
NN:
Thank you, Vera, for your tips, nevertheless. :)
NN:
--- Quote from: Vera on June 02, 2018, 01:36:19 PM ---2a. Replace this new user's ~/.config/xfce4 folder with the existing user's ~/.config/xfce4 folder. I did this as follows using these two commands but I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do it:
--- Code: ---sudo rm -r /home/newuser/.config/xfce4
sudo cp -r /home/mainuser/.config/xfce4 /home/newuser/.config/.
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I would do the operations just by copying and pasting the files in Thunar opened as a root - by right click and choosing the root option, or by opening Thunar by the commands in the terminal: sudo su ---> [ password ] ---> thunar
These will open Thunar with admin privileges for me to copy and paste necessary files. 8)
I don't know whether this way is really elegant, but for me it is easier and faster as I am a former Win-user and got accustomed to do such things like this - without too complicated terminal commands. :)
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