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On 09/22/14 13:48, Dave Babb wrote:
> Good Afternoon all,
>
> I am setting up a new system for a municipality. I want to setup one 
> user's home dir, their desktop, .profile, dir tree, etc....then clone 
> it to all the other users I need to setup. email is not a part of this 
> cloning process. I am trying to avoid the labor setting up each user's 
> desktop individually.....
>
> Because the desktop (Mate) will be used.....is their some manner to 
> not bork up the cloned home dir's when cloning? Is there an approved 
> method?
>
> I ask because I am not getting any Google/Yahoo hits....I may be 
> searching for the wrong terms...or maybe this is not an "orthodox" 
> strategy.
>
> May I ask for pointers please?
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Sincerely and respectfully,
>
>
> Dave
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most of the default user'[s home-dir is set up from /etc/skel, you could 
timker with what's in there, then let useradd et all work their magic 
automatically .... $0.02, no more, no less ....


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