Hi, Krzysztof Lubański wrote: > > Hello, > > This should do the trick: > > # for dir in /home/*; do ln -s /usr/local/share/doc/instructions.pdf > $dir/Desktop/ > > Of course, you may want to make sure that /home/* matches only real home > directories (there may be /home/lost+found if you have a separate /home > partition) and e.g. replace it with `cat listfile` where 'listfile' > contains the names of home directories. Also, adding 'mkdir > $dir/Desktop' can be necessary if some users have not run GNOME/KDE yet.
Yes, I already thought about it. In fact, I have already done something like for a few users. However, apparently, Gnome guys do not like this approach, they would rather use gconfd path. I found this little intro: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gnome_Desktop_Admin_Guide >> (Perhaps this is very much similar to the concept of All Users desktop >> in Windows XP.) > > I am not aware of an analogous concept in GNOME or others... Looks much > a Microsoft way, forcing users to have something on the desktop that's > not theirs and what they can not remove. Now, I am not familiar with that either, but I know it exists. And for this particular machine, having an icon on every user's desktop which he cannot remove is actually the exact desired objective! ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
