system-wide gnome settings

[Todd Slater]

On 4/11/06, Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera at zmsl.com> wrote:
> David Woyciesjes wrote:
> >     I don't have a Linux system handy to check, but I seem to recall
> > there being a folder, under /etc I think, named skel. This would hold
> > the copies of config files that get used for new users. I would think
> > you could log in as a user, customize the menus and icons, and logout.
> > Then as an administrator, you could copy the tweaked config files from
> > that user's home folder to skel.
> >     Apologies for the vagueness, I'm working from memory here...
>
> Thanks for trying. /etc/skel is empty.

Try ls -a, there are likely some .bash files in there.

Reread David's message (and one I just sent)--you have to copy the
tweaked config files to /etc/skel. New users will then have those
files copied to their ~/.

Todd