stupid stupid stupid knoppix

[MrAhmad]

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]

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]

Yes I am sure that code will work but it didn't work

I try to many things but I still get the default settings (permissions is ok)

[enrolado]

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

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]

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]

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]

(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]

Thanks enrolado

Very very very nice scripts

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]

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]

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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