Xwindow change default directory to home

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How do I change the "default working" directory of terminal applications in RHEL6 ?

GNOME Desktop :-

• Use gconftool-2 to make Open in Terminal start in ~/ or $HOME instead of ~/Desktop. This can be done per-user and the global default can also be changed.

  • As a user, run following command to change the behavior immediately:
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  $ gconftool-2 --set --type=bool /apps/nautilus-open-terminal/desktop_opens_home_dir true
  

  • As root, run below command to set the default behavior, which will be source when new users first log in:
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  # gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --set --type=bool /apps/nautilus-open-terminal/desktop_opens_home_dir true