Re: Configuring for a user with Gnome

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam Trinity Edu>]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 07:57:41PM -0800, Owen Dorsey wrote:
> Howdy,
> 	I installed and configured RH 7.2 with Gnome sucessfully, but I did it
> all as "root", figuring I wouldn't have to mess with permissions while I
> did it, and I would set up another user for "everyday use" after
> everything was running smoothly. Well, as you may have guessed, I didn't
> realize that some of the configuration is particular to the user
> account. In fact, there is really no reason to have a "root account"
> configuration, is there? I mean, I can just "su" in a terminal window
> when I need to work as root, with all the setup of appearance, internet
> dial-up account, preferances, adjustments, etc., for the non-root user,
> only. Or am I missing something?
> 	Oh, well. Is there any way to migrate any of my root account
> configuration to my everyday user account? Do I really have to
> re-configure everything all over again?
You need a root account. Other accounts are made by adduse or useradd.
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