Ubuntu – How to reset all GSettings key to their default values

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I want to reset all keys in the GSettings to their default values; preferably using a single command, or a simple bash script. How can I get that done?

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Generally you can reset one key to its default value with

gsettings reset SCHEMA [:PATH]  KEY

So you might use a bash script to do for all available keys.
Something like (pseudocode):

for i in /dir/of/keys
do
    gsettings reset <key-path>
done

Look at its man-page for more information: man gsettings

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Ubuntu – How to change the default shell for ALL USERS to bash

adduser

The adduser defaults file is /etc/adduser.conf. The default shell defined by the DSHELL variable is /bin/bash by default.

useradd

Most likely you don't need this because useradd is a very low-level utility, and it's hardly ever used directly.

If you use useradd, edit the /etc/default/useradd skeleton file (don't forget to make a backup though).

Set the SHELL variable to /bin/bash instead of /bin/sh.

Now every time you use useradd to add a new user bash is automatically their default shell.

Already existing users

If you want to change the shell of already existing users you have to edit the /etc/passwd file (please make sure to back have a backup of it).

Here is a description of the columns

login name
optional encrypted password
numerical user ID
numerical group ID
user name or comment field
user home directory
optional user command interpreter

In that order separated by colons (:) like this.

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

For more information about that file consult the man page man 5 passwd.

Ubuntu – How to read default key value with dconf or gsettings

There does not seem to be a nice way to get at the default values directly, but since the client checks XDG_CONFIG_HOME in the environment a decent workaround to get values from a fresh config might be:

XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/nonexistent gsettings get SCHEMA KEY

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