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Re: Is it possible to control which applications can be run in lowfat client?



Hi Franklin,

Quoting Franklin Weng (2015-06-14 09:31:29)
> One more question about skolelinux.  A teacher told me that now he 
> mostly teaches open source software in his computer classes.  However 
> he's still using a Windows OS since it provides the "policy list" to 
> control student accounts which applications can be run and which 
> cannot.  (I've seen a computer in his computer classroom.  After 
> booting into the Windows a note popped out saying that users can only 
> use google chrome or firefox but not IE since IE is in the blacklist 
> of the policy).  However under Linux he didn't find a similar 
> solution, even with Sambe.
> 
> We discussed some workaround like to write a script and daemon 
> changing the execution permission of specified applications.  Now my 
> question is that, in the skolelinux, can a similar policy list be set 
> through GOsa or any other way?

Does he need varying profiles for different classes?  If not, then I 
suggest simply uninstalling the packages not needed for his environment.

 - Jonas

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