I think that would work, except it meses up the permissions, so the accounts won't open....  I found <a href="http://http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Deepfreeze_for_Linux">this tutorial </a>, and I think it would work, but I am not sure how to copy and restore all of the user accounts "except" the administrator account: In the home directory I have: kevin  patron4  patron5  patron6 The tutorial says to do this : <pre class="bbcodeblock" dir="ltr" style="border: 1px inset ; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; overflow: auto; width: 98%; height: 82px; text-align: left;">#!/bin/bash rm -f /root/Desktop/clean_all.tar tar -cpPf /root/Desktop/clean_all.tar /home/all</pre> but as I have said, if i do that it will also restore my kevin directory right? Is there a way to exclude the kevin directory from the tarball? Or is there a way for me to put all of my public profiles in a directory like all?  How would I do that? Thanks so much, Also, the tutorial mentions that to get the restore script to run at bootup, the bootmisc.sh should be modified.  Would this work by modifying /etc/rc.local? <div> On 9/20/07, Philipp Hanselmann <<a href="mailto:philipp@schoolnet.na">philipp@schoolnet.na</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> kevin smith schrieb: > I would like to have user profiles restored after each login....   I > tried making copies of the profiles in /home/  then put the following > in /etc/rc.local > > #!/bin/sh -e try : #!/bin/sh > # > # rc.local > # > # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. > # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other > # value on error. > # > # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution > # bits. > # > # By default this script does nothing. > cp -f /home/kevin/Desktop/home/patron1 /home/patron1 > cp -f /home/kevin/Desktop/home/patron2 /home/patron2 > cp -f /home/kevin/Desktop/home/patron3 /home/patron3 > try: cp -fR /home/kevin/Desktop/home/patron1 /home/patron1 cp -fR/home/kevin/Desktop/home/patron2 /home/patron2 cp -fR /home/kevin/Desktop/home/patron3 /home/patron3 > This dosen't seem to be doing anything....what have I done wrong? > > Thanks, > > exit 0 > > -- > Kevin Smith > Assistant Director > Cass District Library AND > The Fiddling Librarian: <a href="http://ashkev.weblogs.us">http://ashkev.weblogs.us</a> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.14/999 - Release Date: 10.09.2007 17:43 > -- SchoolNet NA - Youth Empowerment through Information and Communication Technology SchoolNet Namibia provides sustainable, low cost technology solutions and internet access, as well as technical support, training services and rich educational content to schools, community-based educational organisations, and educational practitioners throughout Namibia. </blockquote></div> -- Kevin Smith Assistant Director Cass District Library AND The Fiddling Librarian: <a href="http://ashkev.weblogs.us"> http://ashkev.weblogs.us</a>