Things haven't changed much since KDE 0.9x, apparently.
For a project I did back then, we created a dummy account, configured it ,
stored the .kde tree and Desktop files in /etc/skel, then used a script to
cpio the tree into the user's home dir, and used chmod -R to give her
ownership. The following article I found gives a detailed account:
http://articles.linuxguru.net/view/138
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>We're setting up some Linux workstations in our labs, and I'm trying to
>figure out how to customize the KDE environment for all who log in. But
>not having any luck. Does anyone know where global config files are
>stored for KDE? Are there global config for KDE? We're using RH 7.3.
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>Thanks...