This mouse is chewing on the problem already. Don't know if it will have a solution by midnight though ;-)
On Wednesday 06 March 2002 01:18, you wrote: > I played with that a little bit but I spend so damn much time > fixing Microsoft messes that I can't play with this > > I feel like Cinderella so busy fixing that evil step sisters > stuff I don't have time to make my dress (maybe the mice are > doing it for me) > > Matt > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wouter DeBacker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 5:39 PM > > To: Egan, Matt B. (Artco) > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] k12os [was Re: hardware demands > > for Server whe n having 160 client computers?] > > > > Matt, > > > > Good thinking! I back that up. I am doing the same at my > > school. > > > > Given that IceWM doesn't show a menu entry if the user > > hasn't got enough rights to the associated application, I > > am _experimenting_ with a specific GID for every app I let > > them use, ie. LTopera for Opera, LTacro for Acrobat Reader, > > etc. > > > > I then chown the app to its specific group and give no > > rights at all to members of other groups. When a user needs > > to be able to use an application I make him/her a member of > > the specific group and automagically (s)he gets to see the > > menu item. > > > > The overall advantage of this twisted procedure is that I > > still have one centralized set of config files for IceWM, > > instead of slightly modified versions floating around the > > server's HD for each user with personal requests.. > > > > But please remember that all of this is still in an > > experimental pre-alpha stage. No warranty whatsoever ... > > ;-) > > > > Wouter > > > > On Tuesday 05 March 2002 23:38, you wrote: > > > Keep people away from xterm or any terminal type login > > > (that's how I do it) > > > > > > I give them nothing but icewm and it only has shortcuts to > > > the apps that they need to use if they need more they call > > > me and I give them more. > > > > > > I know that obscurity isn't security but it is a good > > > start. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Hans Ekbrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:21 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] k12os [was Re: hardware demands > > > > for Server when having 160 client computers?] > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 03:18:33PM -0500, Julius > > > > Szelagiewicz wrote: > > [wdb: snip...] > > > > > > Since I might go and offer LTSP to some schools around > > > > here, I find your information most valuable Julius. I > > > > had a glance at k12linux web site, but I did find it > > > > lacking in the security area. I remember that security > > > > problem often plagued the administrators at your high > > > > school, and many of us students used most of the time > > > > hacking/cracking in those labs (not me though). > > > > > > > > Limiting users cpu load is one problem. Another one is > > > > if one user do disk-access-intensive things like: > > > > > > > > grep -r foo / > > > > > > > > How do people on this list handle security problems like > > > > these with ltsp in, say high-schools? > > > > > > > > Hans Ekbrand _____________________________________________________________________ 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.openprojects.net
