Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing default settings for all users
2008/10/15 James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 14:10 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: [snip] I vaguely remember reading something about default settings in /etc/skel but after looking in that directory I see there are just some default files for bash. Is it possible to put a set of default files in to /etc/skel and is there any specific configuration files I need? /etc/skel can contain files to go in the users home directory, so many things will be able to be customised via that mechanism. Hi Rob, Just to emphasise this point, any files you put in /etc/skel will be copied to the new user's home directory when the account is created. Cofion, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing default settings for all users
Neil Greenwood wrote: 2008/10/15 James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 14:10 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: [snip] I vaguely remember reading something about default settings in /etc/skel but after looking in that directory I see there are just some default files for bash. Is it possible to put a set of default files in to /etc/skel and is there any specific configuration files I need? /etc/skel can contain files to go in the users home directory, so many things will be able to be customised via that mechanism. Hi Rob, Just to emphasise this point, any files you put in /etc/skel will be copied to the new user's home directory when the account is created. Cofion, Neil. Great, that gives me something to go on. Just got to figure out the Samba/NT4 domain authentication now, failing that, LDAP authentication (see my other post for details). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing default settings for all users
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:10:55 +0100, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of trying to roll out Ubuntu across one of our offices as a replacement to Windows XP. At the moment on Windows XP we have a standard desktop which includes desktop background, Internet Explorer proxy settings and other tweaks. Now rather than have the hassle of setting up each individual users desktop when they first login I was hoping it would be possible to set a default desktop configuration for each new user. I just wondered if it was possible? What I was looking at doing was setting up Ubuntu to authenticate against the Windows 2003 Server (so I don't have to create a bunch of individual accounts too) and have their home directories mount to their user directory on the server. I vaguely remember reading something about default settings in /etc/skel but after looking in that directory I see there are just some default files for bash. Is it possible to put a set of default files in to /etc/skel and is there any specific configuration files I need? Ta, Rob Lockdown editor introduced in Gnome 2.20 (Feisty) seemed to have that kind of ability. Is anything in http://library.gnome.org/admin/deployment-guide/ any use? You could put scripts in /etc/skel/.bashrc that get run on first login to perform certain actions. (Check a .firstrun file exists, if so run the scripts which deletes the file). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing default settings for all users
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 14:10 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of trying to roll out Ubuntu across one of our offices as a replacement to Windows XP. At the moment on Windows XP we have a standard desktop which includes desktop background, Internet Explorer proxy settings and other tweaks. Now rather than have the hassle of setting up each individual users desktop when they first login I was hoping it would be possible to set a default desktop configuration for each new user. I just wondered if it was possible? What I was looking at doing was setting up Ubuntu to authenticate against the Windows 2003 Server (so I don't have to create a bunch of individual accounts too) and have their home directories mount to their user directory on the server. I vaguely remember reading something about default settings in /etc/skel but after looking in that directory I see there are just some default files for bash. Is it possible to put a set of default files in to /etc/skel and is there any specific configuration files I need? /etc/skel can contain files to go in the users home directory, so many things will be able to be customised via that mechanism. Some applications have other ways to set defaults. For instance you could configure the layout of the panel etc. in a GNOME desktop by setting up gconf defaults. This is probably easier than crafting the appropriate file for gconf and dropping it in /etc/skel/. Thanks, James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
