User account / setup to clone: john
New account: paul
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Two Quick & Dirty Methods:
First configure john's account (account you wish to clone [copy multiple times]).
Desktop UI, Apps, Bookmarks+plugins, add default data, etc.
Avoid adding additional passwords and/or making major directory structure
changes. You can though I would test the following methods first as shown,
they have been tested and proven to work [for me] over many years,
systems and distros.
See also: http://ubuntuforums.org
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1. Open a Terminal
# create new user: paul after you have configured account: john
sudo adduser paul
# copy john's account to paul
sudo cp -R /home/john* /home/paul
# set user:group, paul:paul
sudo chown -R paul:paul /home/paul
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Src. Post: http://goo.gl/0TkgE
2. Open a Terminal
# create new user: paul after you have configured account: john
sudo adduser paul
# change directory to john
cd /home/john
# copy john's account to paul
sudo tar cf - . | (cd ../paul;tar xf -)
# set user:group, paul:paul
sudo chown -R paul:paul /home/paul
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Login to the new account: paul
Best regards :-)
