Cloning a user

[William A. Mahaffey III]

On 09/22/14 15:11, Polytropon wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:18:36 -0600, Dave Babb wrote:
>> I also want to clone the MATE configuration and the desktop
>> settings.........Just not the email settings.
> This is also possible with the /etc/skel mechanism that
> programs like useradd or pw can work with. First create
> a "sample user" and check that everything works as you
> intend. Then copy the required information (files and
> subtrees, also partial) to /etc/skel. If something starts
> with a dot '.' (at the top level of the skel/ subtree),
> replace it by "dot.". See /usr/share/skel for how such
> a structure has to look like. Put everything in there
> what you need, except for example e-mail settings or
> browser configuration.
>
> Additionally, examine the files (!) for absolute paths.
> For example, if your "sample user" has the name "skeltemp",
> search for that string in all files. If it's present
> somewhere, for example as a reference "/home/skeltemp",
> replace it with '~', the abbreviation for the home directory.
> This will make sure that, after being instantiated for a
> user named "bob", all references to the former "skeltemp"
> are gone.
>
> Sidenote: If there is something you want to set globally,
> for example, shell configurations, you can do that at the
> files in /etc, for example /etc/csh.cshrc; then the user's
> .cshrc (in the skeleton: dot.cshrc) can be empty and only
> needs alteration if a preset should be overridden.
>
>
>
> And allow me a polite note regarding the answering policy
> (or "common suggestion") of this list:
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>
> I see you're using Thunderbird - it's perfectly able to
> properly quote, trim, and answer.
>
> :-)
>
>


I quite agree about top posting, however I am unable to locate where to 
adjust that in my T-bird (thunderbird-31.1.0_1, FBSD 9.3) .... any 
pointers :-) .... TIA ....


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