Hi John, I know you said you didn't think gconf had the lockdown functionality you need, but it's all I use to lock down my student desktops, besides standard Linux practices.
Here is some information I've gathered over time regarding Gnome desktop lockdown in Ubuntu/LTSP/Edubuntu (This was just information I thought was useful in my elementary student labs, and I know - some of this stuff is of "ugly hack" status and might not all be completely tested for all environments so be conscious of what you're doing): Useful lockdown GConf keys: http://lns.wikidot.com/gconf Clean up menus: http://lns.wikidot.com/gnomecleanupmenus Custom menus: http://lns.wikidot.com/gnomecustommenus Hide directories in Nautilus: http://lns.wikidot.com/nautilushidefilesystem Mandatory Firefox homepage for all: http://lns.wikidot.com/firefoxmandatoryhomepage Lock down user home dirs: http://lns.wikidot.com/userdirsecurity HTH, Jordan > > Hello all, > > > > I am getting complaints from teachers that students are customizing > > their desktops to the point that they are distracting students from > > productive work. I'd like to make the edubuntu desktop MUCH simpler, ... -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
