Oh (he said sheepishly) and will they all have their own login? and can not all be a member of group samedesk? On Sunday 09 September 2001 17:08, you had thoughts to the concept of: > Normally I would agree with you, but in this case, there will be upwards of > 18,000+ users. That's the membership of the place I work (normal real job). > That's the reason I need to lock the desktop down. That way, it'll be > consistent (although somewhat limited ) for all users. > > Lanman > > On Sunday 09 September 2001 10:00 am, you wrote: > > I would wonder if it might be easier to allow each user to have their own > > desktop the way they want, and remove or add them to groups that have > > device permissions? > > > > On Sunday 09 September 2001 09:20, Lanman wrote: > > > I'm hoping that someone on the list can help me out with 2 small > > > problems. I'm in the process of trying to "Lock Down" KDE on Mandrake > > > 8.0 . In other words, I'm trying to remove some functionality. If > > > successful, users will only have the ability to click on designated > > > icons on the desktop. So far, I've been able to get rid of the panel > > > (taskbar), I've made the desktop "read-only", gotten rid of the > > > "right-click" option on the desktop, and changed permissions on the > > > remainig icons to read and execute only. > > > > > > My last few problems are as follows; > > > > > > 1) After removing the panel and right-click menu, I no longer have a > > > simple way to "Log-Off" the users, short of using the > > > CTRL-ALT-Backspace keystroke. I assume that since log-offs can be done > > > by clicking a button on the panel, that there is a command that will > > > work, but I have no idea what it is. The "logout" command - when run > > > from a console will not work, and it suggests that I use "exit", which > > > only closes the console. What I need is a command that will start the > > > log-off process by using an icon. > > > > > > 2) I need to eliminate the "right-click" option when the mouse-pointer > > > is positioned over an icon. > > > > > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! > > > > > > Lanman > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Content-Description: > > ---------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------- > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Content-Description: > ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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