--- Samuel Deakin wrote:

I am fairly new to Linux so could you just break down the srcipt below and explain what each bit means and is doing, Cheers, Sam

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for i in $(ls -1 /home/* | grep -v test3 samdea anix); do cp -r /some/working/config /home/$i/.some_location && chown -R $i.groupname; done

OK, what the above does is this: 1. It will display (one per line) all the directories in /home 2. Then they are passed through "grep" which as the -v flag is present, filter out the ones you don't need (i.e. test3, etc). 3. This is then stored in $i 4. Then using $i, cp then copies your working OO installation (which you'll have to change as appropriate) to /home/$i (again change the ".some_location". 5. If the cp worked (&& is logical AND) then it will set the perms (chown -R is recursive) as the $i (user) and groupname (probably use "users". I have actually forgotton to add something so, the proper script is: for i in $(ls -1 /home/* | grep -v test3 samdea anix); do cp -r \ /some/working/config /home/$i/.some_location && chown -R $i.users \ /home/$i/.some_location; done The "\" at the end of line, act as a continuator, but you should type the above in all on one-line when you come to run it. The reason why others on this list may wonder why "$i" is going to work, is because typically the /home/$USER actually takes on the groupname verbatim. HTH, -- Thomas Adam

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Or....

you could have a central configuration say in /opt which is set to:

chmod o+rwx

which is then a symlink in each user's $HOME.

Does that answer your question?

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--- Samuel Deakin wrote:

Does anybody know if I tried to install Openoffice to "/home/*/OpenOffice1.1/" would it install it in everybodys home directory? Would the installed version work?

If you did that, then you'd have it installed locally in $HOME, which goes against the LSB, and is bad practice and a security risk! If your scared about running my script, try my second solution. Essentially install OO in /usr/local/bin and just copy the configs across to each user. -- Thomas Adam

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--- Samuel Deakin wrote:

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I want it to just work with no installation. How would I copy it to every user except test3, samdea, anix Is there a file somewhere that I need to copy over from samdea to test2 which will make OpenOffice think its already been installed

OK, there's two things here. Either you can do:

for i in $(ls -1 /home/* | grep -v test3 samdea anix); do cp -r /some/working/config /home/$i/.some_location && chown -R $i.groupname; done

Or....

you could have a central configuration say in /opt which is set to:

chmod o+rwx

which is then a symlink in each user's $HOME.

Does that answer your question?

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--- Andrew Nix wrote: > > --- Samuel Deakin wrote:

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Does anybody know if I tried to install Openoffice to "/home/*/OpenOffice1.1/" would it install it in everybodys home directory? Would the installed version work?

If you did that, then you'd have it installed locally in $HOME, which goes against the LSB, and is bad practice and a security risk!

You could just install as a network client which only copies the file need to run the program from the server.

That is as maybe, Andrew, but I am unsure whether or not Samuel requires individual $USER configs or just wants a generic one. -- Thomas Adam

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If your scared about running my script, try my second solution. Essentially install OO in /usr/local/bin and just copy the configs across to each user.

-- Thomas Adam

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--- Samuel Deakin wrote:

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I want it to just work with no installation. How would I copy it to every user except test3, samdea, anix Is there a file somewhere that I need to copy over from samdea to test2 which will make OpenOffice think its already been installed

OK, there's two things here. Either you can do:

for i in $(ls -1 /home/* | grep -v test3 samdea anix); do cp -r /some/working/config /home/$i/.some_location && chown -R $i.groupname; done

Or....

you could have a central configuration say in /opt which is set to:

chmod o+rwx

which is then a symlink in each user's $HOME.

Does that answer your question?

-- Thomas Adam

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--- Andrew Nix wrote: > >

Say for instace its not important. Would it be possible to ingnore some home directories when using "*"?

Yes, do: ls /home/* | grep -v Idontwantthis1 will ignore "Idontwantthis1" "grep -v" inverts the match -- Thomas Adam ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/

--- Andrew Nix wrote: > > --- Andrew Nix wrote: > >

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Say for instace its not important. Would it be possible to ingnore some home directories when using "*"?

Yes, do:

ls /home/* | grep -v Idontwantthis1

will ignore "Idontwantthis1"

"grep -v" inverts the match

You miss understand. I mean when going through the installation process. Which has to be done using graphics. So im guessing command wont work in the "where do you want to install OOo1.1" field during install?

Probably not, Andrew in which case either one of my original suggestions would still stand :) This is almost circular :) -- Thomas Adam ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/

On Monday 11 August 2003 9:26 am, Samuel Deakin wrote:

Open Office have given me the soloution the only problem is I need help with the script

You have to copy and edit the file /home/samdea/.sversionrc as well. this is the .severionrc file

[Versions] OpenOffice.org 1.1=file:///home/samdea/OpenOffice.org1.1

** How do I edit the .sversionrc on a big scale e.g I need to put each user names into the "samdea" bit and then copy the file into each home directory plus need to copy the open office directory into each user area**

Sorry if this is off-base as I've just jumped in mid-thread, but couldn't you do something like (not tested): #!/bin/bash cd /home for F in *; do if [ -d $F ]; then sed "s/samdea/$F/" $F/.sversionrc fi done or simply include the sed command inside one of your existing scripts.

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--- Samuel Deakin wrote:

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Does anybody know if I tried to install Openoffice to "/home/*/OpenOffice1.1/" would it install it in everybodys home directory? Would the installed version work?

If you did that, then you'd have it installed locally in $HOME, which goes against the LSB, and is bad practice and a security risk!

If your scared about running my script, try my second solution. Essentially install OO in /usr/local/bin and just copy the configs across to each user.

-- Thomas Adam

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--- Samuel Deakin

wrote:

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I want it to just work with no installation. How would I copy it to every user except test3, samdea, anix Is there a file somewhere that I need to copy over from samdea to

test2 which will make OpenOffice think its already been installed

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OK, there's two things here. Either you can do:

for i in $(ls -1 /home/* | grep -v test3 samdea anix); do cp -r

/some/working/config /home/$i/.some_location && chown -R $i.groupname; done

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Or....

you could have a central configuration say in /opt which is set to:

chmod o+rwx

which is then a symlink in each user's $HOME.

Does that answer your question?

-- Thomas Adam

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--- Gary Stainburn wrote:

On Monday 11 August 2003 9:26 am, Samuel Deakin wrote:

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Open Office have given me the soloution the only problem is I need help with the script

You have to copy and edit the file /home/samdea/.sversionrc as well. this is the .severionrc file

[Versions] OpenOffice.org 1.1=file:///home/samdea/OpenOffice.org1.1

** How do I edit the .sversionrc on a big scale e.g I need to put each user names into the "samdea" bit and then copy the file into each home directory plus need to copy the open office directory into each user area**

Sorry if this is off-base as I've just jumped in mid-thread, but couldn't you do something like (not tested):

#!/bin/bash

cd /home for F in *; do if [ -d $F ]; then sed "s/samdea/$F/" $F/.sversionrc fi done

Gary, You need to be careful with the shell globbing technique used above. If there are a lot of users, then it might barf. Since Sam has now ascertained what to do, it is simply a matter og re-writing your shell script :) ------------- #!/bin/sh cd /home for F in * | grep -v samdea; do [ !-e $F/.sversionrc ] && { sed -e "s/samdea/$F/g;" < /some_dir/.sversionrc >$F/.sversionrc } done -------------------------- What this does, is it checks that "$F" doesn't already have the file specified then it'll go ahead, make the substitution and output it to the appropriate new file. To answer your original question, Sam, "sed" is the "Stream EDitor" and allows one to make quick changes to a file by using the concept of "regular expressions". Gary, I have changed your regex slightly, so that the substitiution is done on a global basis to counter for more than one instance. HTH, -- Thomas Adam ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/