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pojo87

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Registered: 2010-04-29

Posts: 20

[SOLVED] Copying settings to another user.

Hey guys I'm new to the forum so please be gentle
So i setup arch and installed openbox and have everything running perfectly except that i forgot to make a new user at the beginning so all my xserver settings are stuck on root. I just need a way to copy everything from my root to my other account. Sorry if this is a noobish question

Last edited by pojo87 (2010-04-29 09:59:14)

grey

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Registered: 2007-08-23

Posts: 679

Re: [SOLVED] Copying settings to another user.

Try this (as root):
1. create user <me>
2. cd /home
3. mv me me.bak
4. cp --recursive /root me
5. chown --recursive me:me me/

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pojo87

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Registered: 2010-04-29

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] Copying settings to another user.

Thank you for the quick reply!
I'm going to try this now

pojo87

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Registered: 2010-04-29

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] Copying settings to another user.

worked perfect thank you