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Re: How to force a desktop configuration.



Hello,

Am Montag, den 18.05.2009, 09:49 -0400 schrieb Jeremy Winder:
> I have a problem I'm hoping you all can help me solve. I need to lock
> down my users' desktop configurations, background, window theme, default
> icons, panel locations, Thunderbird configurations, etc. When it comes
> right down to it, the users should not be able to make any configuration
> changes; however, they should still be able to use the applications made
> available to them.
> 
> I have thought about just moving the ~/.config, ~/.mozilla, etc
> directories to some place outside their home directories then symlinking
> them back in. But this seems "hackish" to me.
> 
> Is there a better solution?

Gnome: http://projects.gnome.org/sabayon/

KDE:
http://techbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/Kiosk/Introduction

and in Mozilla you can use the lockPref Option:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences

I hope this helps.


Noch einen schönen Tag

        Noèl Köthe

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