How can I customize liveuser profile in a ReMix

[LinuxTom]

Anyone have any experience in modifying the default liveuser settings (IE: ~/.gconf, ~/.mozilla) in a ReMix.

I have been trying to get this working without much luck. I can easily add individual files in a (%post -nochroot) block, but when I try and recursively copy directory structures such as the above, I get masses of errors as GNOME loads.

The UID and GID are correct for the liveuser account, so I don't know what's up. I've tried this method using Sabayon to create the account, and by directly copying the modified (running) liveuser directories to a usb stick then rebooting to do the livecd-creator work.

90% of what I want done can be done inside the (%post) block with echo, cat, sed, awk, and gconftool-2, but for my needs it's easier to simply keep the modified profile handy and copy it to where it needs to be.

Any suggestions?

[Dies]

/etc/skel

Is what you want. Set up an account the way you want it then copy only the bits you need to that folder. When a new account is created, such as the 'liveuser' account, those files should be copied to that users home folder automatically.

If you're familiar with gconf you can also make system-wide changes that way.

[LinuxTom]

I thought about using the skel idea, but was not sure as to how to pull it off in respect to Firefox. I want a complete customized profile with extensions and all ready to use. As far as gconf I have been using gconftool-2 to directly load a plethora of settings on livecd creation, but I still think if I could get a complete profile set up the way I like it, then either cp -R it or un-tar it into the livecd image, it would work out better. My goal is a fully customized livecd.

[Dies]

IMHO, you're looking at the problem the wrong way when you're thinking of copying, catting, untarring, etc. files into the live image.

My advice is to create an rpm and install your files that way, not only is it much cleaner, but it's also the proper way, and contrary to what you would think, much easier than cooking up some humongous %post.

[LinuxTom]

I already have a local repo I set up to install several apps and some custom items into the image as it builds, I guess I could just build an rpm that would install the stuff I want into /home/liveuser.