I have a user profile all setup with all settings the way I want them. I want to copy the entire configured profile to a new user account.
This is what I'm doing (user is already added to system):
- Log out, switch to terminal,
service gdm stop
. mkdir /home/newuser
cp -a /home/olduser/* /home/newuser/
chown newuser:newuser /home/newuser -R
service gdm start
Then I log in as newuser. When I log in, the desktop looks like a brand new user profile and not the customized profile that I copied.
I want everything in the new profile. The theme, where the docks are located and configured, desktop icons, Firefox favorites, etc.
Any idea why this isn't working? I am using Ubuntu 10.04
Best Answer
You will need to do more then that.
Log into the new user account. If all is working, delete the backup