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MrAhmad
08-26-2003, 07:39 PM
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
I remastered koppix more than 4 times in 2 days :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:
every time I custom the KDE,Mozilla Bookmark , Openoffice, and other and then I copy them to
/etc/skel/ (and even to /usr/share/knoppix/profile) but It still create a new home for knoppix with the default settings (not with /etc/skel)
I searched the forum but I can't find any good solution ( I change the line
\cp /etc/skel/{.kde*,Desktop} $HOME/
to
\cp /etc/skel/{.kde*,Desktop,.m*,.x*,.n*} $HOME/
in /etc/X11/Xsesson.d/45sesson
but I still get th default settings :(
Any help pleaaaaseee :?:
VirUZI
08-26-2003, 08:17 PM
I'm no knoppix master but your second code line should work i believe.
Are you sure you didn't forget anything as simple as permissions, configfiles already in homedir or something like that? I has happend to me and it can be very annoying...
MrAhmad
08-26-2003, 08:24 PM
Yes I am sure that code will work but it didn't work :shock:
I try to many things but I still get the default settings (permissions is ok)
enrolado
08-26-2003, 09:17 PM
every time I custom the KDE,Mozilla Bookmark , Openoffice, and other and then I copy them to
/etc/skel/ (and even to /usr/share/knoppix/profile) but It still create a new home for knoppix with the default settings (not with /etc/skel)
I searched the forum but I can't find any good solution
Any help pleaaaaseee :?:
First things first:
1) when you boot, are the files in /etc/skel at least?
Anyhow, I've had a similar problem and resolved the following way (supposing, you're already CHROOTed!):
1) copy all the files you wish to be in /home/USER to /opt/
2) Create a scripts directory inside /opt
mkdir /opt/startup_scripts
3) create the init script to copy the files
touch /etc/init.d/copy_home_files
4) copy_home_files content
#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting COPY FILES TO HOME DIRECTORY"
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /opt/startup_scripts/startup.sh \
-- $PARAMS
echo "."
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/copy_home_files " \
" {start}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
5) Now lets make the actual script
touch /opt/startup_scripts/startup.sh
6) startup.sh content
#!/bin/sh
cp -R /opt/xml /home/knoppix
chown -R knoppix:knoppix /home/knoppix/xml
cp -R /opt/.mozilla /home/knoppix
chown -R knoppix:knoppix /home/knoppix/.mozilla
cp -R /opt/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27 /home/knoppix
chown -R knoppix:knoppix /home/knoppix/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27
mkdir /home/knoppix/.icewm
echo "#!/bin/bash
mozilla
" > /home/knoppix/.icewm/startup
chown knoppix:knoppix /home/knoppix/.icewm/startup
chmod 755 /home/knoppix/.icewm/startup
:idea: you get the picture... (this is my actual script!)
7) and finally, we add the startup script to the boot process by
update-rc copy_home_files defaults > /dev/null
THERE!!! Now when your system (on the cd) boots, your files should be copied from /opt/WHATEVER_FILES to /home/USER/...
Good luck!
enrolado
Tech2k
08-27-2003, 12:06 AM
I dont think knoppix is the one thats stupid.
[edit] But I can understand how it made you say that.You spend countless hours trying to build the dream cd and it dont do as expected.Grrrrrr.
MrAhmad
08-27-2003, 06:00 AM
Thank you enrolado for the script
I will try it today
and I think Knoppix must fix this problem in the next release (Its very bad not to use /etc/skel like all other dist.)
Stephen
08-27-2003, 06:11 AM
(Its very bad not to use /etc/skel like all other dist.)
It uses /etc/skel when it is copied to the HD and creating new users so it is just an issue with the re-mastering process and not knowing where the files are created therein.
MrAhmad
08-28-2003, 12:07 PM
Thanks enrolado
Very very very nice scripts :lol: :lol:
I think you have to write this tips in Tips Forum
BTW : remember to chmod (0755) the files /etc/init.d/copy_home_files and /opt/startup_scripts/startup.sh
pablo
09-27-2004, 10:08 AM
Hi.
I have copy_home_files in /etc/init.d, chmod 755 for /etc/init.d/copy_home_files and /opt/startup_scripts/startup.sh etc ..
and I did:
update-rc.d copy_home_files defaults > /dev/null
But there is a problem, because this script is running also after HD install (not only LiveCD) .. :-(
Maybe should I add copying these files to
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/45xsession file ?
thanks for help.
Regards,
Pablo
usulix
09-30-2004, 10:15 PM
I think I had a count of my Knoppix Remasters at one time.
Then things get fuzzy and I wandered through the valleys of darkness for many days.
After-which... the clouds parted and the rain stopped...
An important part of the way 45xsession (which is the script that copies the files into the $HOME directory) works seems to be based on chmod g+s in the structure of any directories that need to be recursively copied. I think this is because the script runs with permissions of the staff user which is not a member of the users nor the root group.
So, when I wanted to change the default home directory... I would chmod -R 755 any directories I wanted to copy ( like .firefox ) and then chmod -R g+s those same directories.
Then in the file copy section of 45xsession I added similar lines to enrolado's script ( ie cp -R /etc/skel/.firefox $HOME 2>/dev/null ) That's about line 63 in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/45xsession
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