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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: Default User Settings
From:       George Petri <baitfish () bigpond ! com>
Date:       2001-05-26 2:15:49
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On Thursday 24 May 2001 07:12, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> George Petri wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Does anyone know where the default settings or KDE, are stored?
> >
> > For example, if I made a new user or rm -rf ~/.kde, where would the
> > ~/.kde/share/config/kickerrc file come from?
> >
> > I've tried modifying /usr/share/config files and then made a new user but
> > it doesn't seem to affect the default settings.  So what did it do?
>
> In general, the files for a new user account are in "/etc/skel/".
>
> You can see exactly what happens when you start a new user account by
> reading "startkde".
>
> If files are not copied -- not there to be copied, then files with the hard
> coded defaults will be created.
>
> So, if you don't have a file: "/etc/skel/.kde/share/config/kickerrc" then a
> new one will be created.
>
> JRT

I've tried copying my settings (/home/george/.kde/share/config/kickerrc) to 
/etc/skel/.kde/share/config and gave the folders and kickerrc full 
read-execute permissions and gave root.root ownership.  But everytime I start 
kde, it just complains that /home/newuser/.kde/share/config is missing and it 
still seems to use the hard-coded defaults for the panel -- i.e. Show 
Desktop, Control Centre, Home Directory and the KOffice applications.

Thanks,
George
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