Re: /etc/X11/gdm/PostLogin/Default

From: Tony Dietrich (td_at_transoft.demon.co.uk)
Date: 01/13/05

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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:40:48 +0000

    How will you be adding users in the systems?

    If you are going to get the users added with the
    #adduser
    command, then all you need to do is alias the adduser command and wrap it in a
    script that can do any tasks you want. Add the alias into the
    system-wide .bashrc etc.

    Tony

    On Thursday 13 Jan 2005 05:23, Chadley Wilson wrote:
    > Greetings
    > Does anyone here know if this will be right the right file to edit?
    > /etc/X11/gdm/PostLogin/Default.sample says this
    >
    > #!/bin/sh
    > #
    > # Note: this is a sample and will not be run as is. Change the name of
    > this # file to <sysconfdir>/gdm/PostLogin/Default for this script to be
    > run. This # script will be run before any setup is run on behalf of the
    > user and is # useful if you for example need to do some setup to create a
    > home directory # for the user or something like that. $HOME, $LOGIN and
    > such will all be # set appropriately and this script is run as root.
    >
    > What would the command be to copy a file from $updatedir to the Desktop of
    > any new user created?
    > Bearin in mind this is the global config file and should apply to all users
    > on the system. and that is why I ask, as $HOME will only reflect /root and
    > since this is a global file it is run as root.
    >
    >
    > Otherwise what can I do to make sure that each new user created on the
    > system gets a readme.txt on the desktop?
    >
    >
    > --
    > Chadley Wilson
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