transfer files to another user - same machine

[Rei Shinozuka]

use sudo s to get around permission problems.

foo is the old existing user and bar is the new existing user intended 
on being a clone of foo

sudo rsync -rp /home/foo /home/bar

followed by

sudo chown -R bar /home/bar

-rei


On 05/17/2010 07:23 PM, NoOp wrote:
> I've a situation on my main user account whereby there is something in
> the config files that keeps giving me fits (gnome-panel won't start
> automatically unless I add it to the startup applications for example).
>
> I have messed with that account until I'm blue in the face, so I've
> created another user account on the same machine from scratch and in the
> process of copying all of the files from that account to the new one.
>
> Q. How can I copy all except the .config .gconf etc., folder over in one
> wack? I have the main account mounted in .gvfs (via sftp) and can copy
> folders at a time (rsync seems to run into permission issues).
>    I realize that I will run into some app config issues by not copying
> the .config folders etc., but that's OK&  to be expected.
>
> Suggestions?
> Note: (the machine is 10.04 - gnome - upgraded from dapper through lucid)
>
>
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