Re: [K12OSN] OK now I am *very* confused!

[Matthew Tedder <teddemc yahoo com>]

--- John Ingleby <john coronet co uk> wrote:
> Joseph,
> 
> The /etc/skel directory provides a kind of template
> for setting up new
> users. I couldn't find any RedHat docs on it, but
> Googling for
> "/etc/skel" produced this and several other refs:
> 

Yes... But you'll have the other issues I mentioned
earlier. Certain applications have files in user home
directories that have non-relative filesystem
addresses.  You must resolve these... One of them is
Mozilla.  

I think they are really stupid for doing those kind of
things...but there it is.

>
http://www.fr.linuxfromscratch.org/view/blfs-cvs/postlfs/skel.html
> 
> John Ingleby
> ************
> > Message: 11
> > From: "Joseph Bishay" <joseph bishay utoronto ca>
> > To: k12osn redhat com
> > Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:28:40 -0500
> > Subject: [K12OSN] OK now I am *very* confused!
> > Reply-To: k12osn redhat com
> > 
> > I don't understand how this is at all.  If k12ltsp
> is designed for 
> > use in school environments, then it must be
> necessary to create 
> > accounts for all the students.  
> > 
> > Now, given that everyone must have experience in
> creating these 
> > accounts, is there anyone who can help me with my
> problem!  
> > 
> > I have set up a generic student with specific
> features, namely:
> > - specific desktop background
> > - removal of the evolution email icon in the
> taskbar at the bottom
> > - removal of the 'start here' icon on the desktop
> > - started up and changed the theme for mozilla to
> IE, as well as the 
> > start homepage and removed some of the buttons
> from the menu area
> > - started up OpenOffice, dealt with the address
> book and registration 
> > dialogs
> > - started up Gimp and dealt with all its setup
> dialogs.
> > 
> > So now I have the perfect generic student account.
> Is there any way 
> > AT ALL to create new accounts based on that one? I
> have tried using 
> > the adduser smith -m -k /home/generic command
> which runs 
> > successfully, but once I attempt to log in as
> smith, it hangs.  I 
> > tried modifying all the files and changing their
> permissions to 
> > smith, and even tried changing all there
> permissions to EVERYONE 
> > (777) and it still will not login correctly.  It
> just seems to freeze 
> > on the gnome Metacity icon (but if you wait a
> REALLY LONG TIME ie: 10 
> > minutes) you will get maybe 2 or more icons, until
> the screen blanks 
> > to blue and you have to kill X)
> > 
> > Am I just thinking about this all wrong? Is
> everyone suppose to have 
> > the same, default desktop?  Or is everyone out
> there actually logging 
> > in as each student, modifying it, then logging out
> (which is what i 
> > had to to do for all the staff who are obviously
> are a much more 
> > manageable number).  
> > 
> > Indeed, as I was going through the archives, the
> most telling piece 
> > of information I found was the comment that while
> the software is 
> > robust and freely available, the learning curve
> will definitely 
> > prevent widespread usage. Which is definitely too
> bad.  
> > 
> > Joseph
> 
> 
> 
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