[K12OSN] Gnome Differences Between Fedora and Edubuntu

[R. Scott Belford]

Aloha Folks

We are migrating our K12LTSP server to Edubuntu 7.04.  User homes and 
logins are handled by a smbldap server.  Authentication of existing and 
the creation of new users works great.  The problem is that the edubuntu 
thin-clients cannot load a desktop that is using existing fedora 
settings stored in their profiles.

We have found that we can wipe all files in a current users directory, 
extract a tar.gz template made from a newly created user, and the 
existing user loads fine.  If we don't wipe all the files in a current 
user's directory, and extract the template over the existing files, the 
user's desktop does not load.  It appears that there are a few hidden 
files that are fedora specific that keep gnome from loading.

I made a list of them.  They are below.  As we try to eliminate them one 
by one, I ponder - there must be a better way.  Has anyone else dealt 
with this, and is there a more obvious way to handle this migration?  Is 
it obvious that one of the below files must be deleted, is this a GID 
UID issue, or..?

--scott

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drwxrwx--x+   2 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Sep  9  2003 .AppleDB\
drwxrwx--x+   2 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Sep  9  2003 .AppleDouble\
drwxr-xr-x    6 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Sep 18 13:56 .childsplay\
-rw-rwxr--+   1 tyler2c Domain Users    73 Oct 13  2006 .crash_reportrc\
drwxrwx---+   2 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Jan 12  2007 .eggcups\
drwxr-xr-x    3 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Sep 25 13:40 .evolution\
-rw-rwxr--+   1 tyler2c Domain Users   101 Dec 13  2006 .fonts.cache-1\
drwxr-xr-x    6 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Sep 18 14:06 .gcompris\
-rw-rwxr--+   1 tyler2c Domain Users   120 Oct 30  2003 .gtkrc\
drwx------    2 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Aug 28 14:01 .kde\
prw-rwxr--+   1 tyler2c Domain Users     0 Jan 12  2007 .lbus_fifo\
-rw-rwxr--+   1 tyler2c Domain Users   346 Sep 25 13:25 .lbussd.out\
drwxrwx---+   3 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Apr 10 11:06 .macromedia\
-rw-rwxr--+   1 tyler2c Domain Users  3082 Jan 16  2004 .mailcap\
drwxrwxr-x+   2 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Jan 30  2004 .mcop\
-rw-rwxr--+   1 tyler2c Domain Users  1270 Jan 16  2004 .mime.types\
-rw-rwxr--+   1 tyler2c Domain Users   482 Mar 11  2005 .mtoolsfm\
-rw-rwxr--+   1 tyler2c Domain Users    32 Aug 18  2003 .mtoolsrc\
drwxrwxr-x+   3 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Sep 25 13:49 .openoffice.org2.0\
drwx------    2 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Sep 18 13:37 .purple\
drwxrwxr-x+   2 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Apr 11  2006 .qt\
-rw-rwx---+   1 tyler2c Domain Users  2298 Sep  4 14:02 .recently-used\
-rw-r--r--    1 tyler2c Domain Users  2309 Sep  4 13:42 .recently-used.xbel\
drwxrwxr-x+   3 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Jan 12  2007 .redhat\
-rwxrwxr-x+   1 tyler2c Domain Users    66 Jan 16  2004 .sversionrc\
drwxrwxr-x+   2 tyler2c Domain Users  4096 Feb  7  2006 .tuxtype\