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Old 12-06-2012
Copying the .profile of one user to another.
I want to copy .Profile file from user1 homedirectoryto user2 homedirectory in Aix.
Please help me with the process.
Last edited by Scott; 12-06-2012 at 09:15 AM.. Reason: Moved thread from AIX sub forum
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Old 12-06-2012
Code:
cp /home/users/user1/.profile /home/users/user2/.profile

or
Code:
cp ~user1/.profile ~user2

Last edited by Scott; 12-06-2012 at 09:17 AM.. Reason: Added "or" part
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Old 12-06-2012
You might also want to use the chown command to change the ownership of the profile once it is copied to the new home directory. You may also have to use the chgrp command if the group is different.
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Old 12-06-2012
That would only be necessary (possible, even) if the user doing the copying was root.

I'm guessing that the O/P is not root.
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Old 12-06-2012
If you can't copy the file due to permissions, then you can try this. If user1 wants the .profile form user2, then do this. If user1 can open the user2's .profile file with more or cat then you can past the contents of the into vi, then you vi user1's .profile.
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