On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Adrian Snyman wrote: > On Monday 01 November 2004 14:27, Jaime wrote: > > I work in a publish school in the US and am considering LTSP for our > > younger students. The problem is, a significant number of them have > > paperwork from their parents that forbid them from using the Internet > > while allowing them to use computers in general. The way that we do > > this on our Macintosh systems is to sort students into two > > "workgroups." One of them doesn't allow the user to launch certain > > programs, e.g. web browsers, FTP clients, etc. while the other one > > does. > > > > I know that Unix doesn't usually have anything like this. I figured > > that my best bet was to set their shells to pdmenu and then manually > > install .xinitrc files in each account. I could probably script this, > > but a savvy user could still use any text editor (or word processor > > with a Save As command) to change this. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions? I need to be sure that some > > students can run Firefox while others can't. Any pointers are > > appreciated. For background purposes, I've been running Unix and > > Unix-like systems (Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc.) in various ways for > > almost 9 years. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Jaime > > Hmmm .. > I would have thought that you could just set up proxy with authetication ?? > Those who are allowed .. give them passwords .. >
What, proxy all outbound traffic? What stops the kids from sharing passowrds. > > -- > Regards, > Adrian Snyman > Tel: (083)647-5299 > > /* Beat Me, Whip Me, Make me use Windows !! */ > > ================== > The views expressed in this email are, unless otherwise stated, those of the author > and not those of Supply Chain Services or its management. The information in this > e-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this > e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. > If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any > action taken or omitted in reliance on this, is prohibited and may be unlawful. > Whilst all reasonable steps are taken to ensure the accuracy and integrity of > information and data transmitted electronically and to preserve the confidentiality > thereof, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or > data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&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 > sleekfreak pirate broadcast http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&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
