Unfortunately this does not stop them from replacing the symbolic link with their own prefs.js and modifying to their hearts content.
Doug Breshears -----Original Message----- From: Brian Payst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:14 AM To: s9655808 Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!! Put prefs.js in a higher level directory, say /home/students/prefs.js and set it to be read only for everyone except the owner (root). Then, in each student's .phoenix/default directory, replace prefs.js with: ln -s /home/students/prefs.js prefs.js You could script that as well. s9655808 wrote: > ----------------------------------------- (on students) > > This e-mail message and / or its attachment(s) does not engage the responsibility of > the sender nor does it bind the Polytechnic of Namibia in any way. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Here is what I've done so far. > > I installed firefox 0.8, created a default profile for a known user and than > copied this profile /home/students/.phoenix to /etc/skel > I than used a perl script ( If anybody want's this script, please email me and > i'll sent it to you) to create all the student users for my LTSP system. This > script creates all the neccesary stuff for all the users in their respective > home dirs. The only other problem now is to get the prefs.js file in all those > 5000 /home/*****/.phoenix to be read-only so that the students can't change > the preferences. > > Thanks for all the help so far. > > Regards > Rudolf > > > On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 08:40:15 -0400, Brian Payst wrote > >>You can't set them all to use the same profile. Copy the .phoenix >>directory into each student's home directory. For example: >> >>/home/student01/.phoenix >>/home/student02/.phoenix >> >>etc. >> >>Then make sure to chown student1 .phoenix and it's subdirectories, etc. >> >>Don't link them to a central one, the lockfile that gets created by >>the first user will keep all the others from accessing that profile. >> >>You can then have each student use the same firebird binary >>(/usr/bin/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird), but they will use the >>default profile found in their home directory: >> >>/usr/bin/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird -P default >> >>s9655808 wrote: >> >>>----------------------------------------- (on students) >>> >>>This e-mail message and / or its attachment(s) does not engage the > > responsibility of the sender nor does it bind the Polytechnic of Namibia in > any way. > >>> >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>Thanks for all your suggestions!! They certainly made me see some light. >>> >>>Here is what I have done with mozilla 1.4.6 ( Distro packaged with RHEL 3 AS). >>> >>>I created one default home directory (/home/students/.mozilla) in which the >>>default profile is. All the student users were set to use this home dir and >>>profile - I guess this were a bad idea. >>> >>>I'm downloading Mozila Firefox 0.8 and is going to try your suggestions > > with this. > >>>Thanks >>>Rudolf >>> >>> >>>On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 13:53:40 -0500, Brian Payst wrote >>> >>> >>>>What I've done is created a standard profile called default that I >>>>copy into all the home directories (/home/username/.phoenix) for >>>>each user and change the permissions so it is owned by the >>>>appropriate user. I then have a prefs.js file that is symlinked to >>>>a central, read-only one in another directory. This lets me set >>>>browser preferences globally for all users and keep them from being changed. >>>> >>>>I start firebird like this for each user: >>>> >>>>/usr/bin/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird -P default >>>> >>>>This reduces the set-up time quite a bit when adding users and gives >>>>me the control I want over the browser preferences. I've also fairly >>>>extensively edited the .xul files for firebird to remove some >>>>functions I don't want users to have. Using the same firebird binary >>>>with identical profiles in each user's home lets me basically >>>>centrally manage the browser on the LTSP server. >>>> >>>>Eduardo Robles Elvira wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hello LTSP world: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I have never tried it but you should be able to manually edit the >>>>>>file to change the directory - i.e. point to each user's home directory. >>>>>>A quick script should be able to copy and change a bunch of accounts at >>>>>>once. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I'm also trying to do the mozilla thingie but with Firefox (it's lighter and >>>>>more usable, I think.). After a bit of google search and some conversations >>>>>in irc.mozilla.org/#mozilla,#firefox,#mozillazine, I think that the script >>>>>could be the best option. >>>>> >>>>>Anyway, I'm still solving some other problems in my LTSP system so I'm a bit >>>>>busy. If you create the script and it works, please send it to me! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Pete >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Thanks you guys, >>>>> Edulix. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials >>>>>Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of >>>>>GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system >>>>>administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click >>>>>_____________________________________________________________________ >>>>>Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >>>>>For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net >>>> >>>>-- >>>>Brian Payst, MS >>>>Director of Technology & Systems Support >>>>Division of Student Affairs >>>>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill >>>>voice: (919) 962-1469 fax: (919) 962-5241 >>>> >>>>------------------------------------------------------- >>>>This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials >>>>Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of >>>>GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system >>>>administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click >>>>_____________________________________________________________________ >>>>Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >>>>For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >> >>-- >>Brian Payst, MS >>Director of Technology & Systems Support >>Division of Student Affairs >>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill >>voice: (919) 962-1469 fax: (919) 962-5241 >> >>------------------------------------------------------- >>This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials >>Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of >>GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system >>administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click >>_____________________________________________________________________ >>Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >>For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > > > > -- -- Brian Payst, MS Director of Technology & Systems Support Division of Student Affairs The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voice: (919) 962-1469 fax: (919) 962-5241 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
