On 08/09/10 13:07, Joseph Hartman wrote: > I got it to work a while back. If I recall there are two apps to make it > happen. The first allows you to specify which menus and sub menus appear > for the user. Make your choices using the check boxes and save as the > menu as a tarball on the desktop. Then open the second app. This one > allows you to assign the tarball configuration to a specific group or > user. If memory serves there are three windows in the second app, the > left displays the users and or groups while the right side shows the > tarball and the bottom shows the pairings between the two. You must > first import the tarball. To do so right click in the blank space of the > right side window and select "import" or whatever. Browse to the desktop > and select the tarball to import it. If I recall you must change the > browser to look for "all files" before it will see the tarball. Once you > have imported the tarball into the second app, click and drag it from > the right side of the second app window onto the user/group in the left > side window. If this is done correctly then a new entry should show up > on the bottom window of the second app. Click file and save to save the > configuration and you should be ready to rock. I encountered a few bugs, > but for the most part it worked as advertised, although I only ever used > it for specific users, not groups. Let us know how it goes. Best > regards, -Joe
This exactly what I am doing and it does not seem to have any effect. Maybe the problem is that I am assigning it to a group, but it seems to suggest that is what you can do. Thank you for your help though. Kees (btw if you name the tarball <anything>.tar.gz it will see it immediately in the browser, any other extension and you need to select 'all files', even with .tgz) > > On Sep 7, 2010 9:30 PM, "Kees" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I am trying to assign a menu structure to a group of users, using the >> 'menu-editor' and the 'edubuntu-menu-editor profile manager' but I must >> be doing something wrong here. I am doing the following" >> >> * New Edubuntu 10.04 install with LTSP according to: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/installLTSPlucid >> * Create new user (modelstudent) >> * Create new group (student) and assign modelstudent to it >> * Edit and save menu: StudentMenu.tar.gz >> * Assign Menu to group 'student' >> >> (at the point even tried rebooting, ltsp-update-*) >> >> * Log in on LTSP terminal, and just get the full menu >> >> How can I get the edited menu for all students in group 'student'? I >> have searched and googled a lot in the last few days, but the >> documentation on this seems extremely sparse. >> >> If anyone can help me that would be much appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Kees >> >> -- >> edubuntu-users mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
