You could also use the KDE kiosk facility that has the ability to let the users change the desktop all they want each session, but when a new session is spawned it goes back to the original. The KDE guy talked about it at length at the HOSEF conference....
/brian chee University of Hawaii ICS Dept Advanced Network Computing Lab 1680 East West Road, POST rm 311 Honolulu, HI 96822 808-956-5797 voice, 877-284-1934 fax ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUAU" <luau@lists.hosef.org> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 4:28 PM Subject: Re: RE: [LUAU] k12ltsp desktop > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ted Kanemori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Over at Enchanted Lake Elementary, we have a 28 thin client lab. > > The lab is completely run by the teachers. > > They're getting better by the day. > > But: > > > > So are the kids. > > They've learned that they can customize their profile. > > They (some of them) have caused problems by deleting the desktop > > icons,adding more shortcuts, changing the background,,, etc. > > > > The next class comes in and,,"Miss xxxxxx,,, my screen is different." > > It takes time to reset the profile. > > > > Is there a way to lock down the desktop so that studentXX can use > > it but > > can't change it? > > Temporarily, you could teach everyone to click on > > Session > Reset your desktop > > before they login. > > Couple of extra clicks, but an easy work around until you find something more permanent. > > --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau