Desktop folder creation for new users

Jani Monoses jani.monoses at gmail.com
Wed Apr 19 22:42:35 CEST 2006


Mike Massonnet wrote:
> Le Wednesday 19 April 2006 20:23, Jani Monoses a écrit :
>> Hello
>>
>> when starting a session for a new user a Desktop should be created
>> somehow so desktop icons are usable.
>> What code would the best place to create it be automatically?
>>
> 
> I think the skel could be the right place. Create the Desktop directory right 
> in /etc/skel/.

for now I put the mkdir in xinitc of xfce4-utils. I think skel is for 
more base system stuff only. Especially since I was looking for a 
solution meant as a distro default install (forgot to mention), not a 
machine specific thing touching stuff in /etc/skel is not the best idea.

Jani




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