I have a user profile all setup with all settings the way I want them. I want to copy the entire configured profile to a new user account.

This is what I'm doing (user is already added to system):

1. Log out, switch to terminal, service gdm stop.


2. mkdir /home/newuser


3. cp -a /home/olduser/* /home/newuser/


4. chown newuser:newuser /home/newuser -R


5. service gdm start

Then I log in as newuser. When I log in, the desktop looks like a brand new user profile and not the customized profile that I copied.

I want everything in the new profile. The theme, where the docks are located and configured, desktop icons, Firefox favorites, etc.

Any idea why this isn't working? I am using Ubuntu 10.04