Re: Configuring for a user with Gnome

[Owen Dorsey <owld earthlink net>]

Thanks for discussing this with me. I didn't explain myself very well.
	I do have a root account. I understand that I must have one. It is all
I've been using while I set up my new installation, and everything seems
to work well, so far.
	But- everyone tells me I should not use the root account for routine,
everyday work, because it would be more likely that something could be
inadvertantly messed up.
	So now I'm setting up a non-root user account for the first time, and I
discover I must re-configure most things for the "new user" (there's
really just me, not even a network, just the internet.)
	I mean all the desktop colors, window behavior, Gnome is back to
default settings, applets on the panel, etc., ISP account info, web
browser configuration, etc., etc.
	I have already set all that up as the root user, but now I realize that
root is only necessary for system administration, which can be
accomplished by "su" from the (non-root) user account.
	So, I am concluding (after it is too late?) that I should have set up
all my preferances, configuration choices, dial-up settings and so on,
from the non-root account, and "su" to root only when it was necessary.
I don't need a "root" desktop scheme with  its own colors, applets,
dial-up  info, and all the rest, because the root account will use the
non-root settings when I "su".
	Am I wrong? I hope so!
	Are there any short cuts or tricks I can use to configure/set up the
preferances and everything else for the new non-root user with what I
already set up for the root account? Thanks again.

Aaron Konstam wrote:
> 
> 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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