Customize default new user settings?

[Ed Fletcher]

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Michael Moore wrote:
> Actually, I want to make it so whenever a new user is added, their
> initial settings will be like I want them. That way I can add 5 or 6
> (or more) new users and they'll all have the settings I defined ahead
> of time. I know how to modify a single logged in user, I just don't
> know how to change the default new users settings.

I don't know if this works with X, but whatever you put into
/etc/skel will be copied to the directory of each new user when
their home dir is created.  You _may_ be able to drop some X config
files into skel and have that do what you want.

Perhaps try creating a new user, modify the settings the way you
want and copy them to /etc/skel.  Then create another new user and
see if it worked.

I haven't used this for any X config stuff, but I've done this in
the past to set up a default directory structure for new users.

HTH,
Ed
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Ed Fletcher
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