init_home_desktop
(maintained on debian31:/software/bin/init_home_desktop) is available for linux xhiered machines.
init_home_desktop - move aside desktop files for kde and gnome to allow them to be re-generated on login. files moved to a unique directory whose title is "#.init_home_desktop.nnnn" where nnnn is the process ID. invocation: init_home_desktop [user] user defaults to the current user. [user] is ignored unless run by root. if run by root without a user parameter, verifies operation before moving root's files.
-- DanielAllen - 1 Nov 2006