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I configure several Ubuntu 12.04/13.10 computers remotely using cfengine3. I am wondering how I can add an item to the Launcher for all users. I am aware that I need to set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites, but I don't know how to do that for all users from a script. I have also seen this post which looks very similar to what I need, only I also want to apply the changes to existing users. How can I do so?

To put it another way: I am wondering how to set launcher items for a (or all) users from a script running as root.

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Remember that each user can have their own preferred applications. That said, if CFengine allows you to run arbitrary commands you can make an script to edit /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.canonical.Unity.gschema.xml as described here. Is recomended that for your script you use an XML library that interprets the XML files and allows you to edit them easily.

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  • The question you linked to seems to imply this will only work for new users, not existing ones. I am hoping to find a solution that will work for existing users. – Daniel Nov 11 '13 at 18:35
  • @Daniel the problem is that existing users will already have a copy somewhere in their home directory which will override your system wide preferences. – Braiam Feb 16 '14 at 16:15