Mike Hearn wrote: > > This section of the spec specifically excludes admin-mandated > > autostarts. > >> All the user has to do is create a file with the same name in his >> $XDG_CONFIG_HOME dir with Hidden=true to turn the application off. > >The admin can put a .desktop file in the users home directory but that >they can't write to or delete, no?
There are only two ways of doing that: making it immutable by the
filesystem (ext2/ext3), or making the user unable to write to the
directory.
The first option may not be universal on all filesystems. The second
options excludes user-defined autostarts.
>> However, considering the fact that the application will be launched
>> with the user's privileges, he could just as well kill it after logon,
>> so admin-mandated autostarts could be rendered useless.
>
>Well, you can get around that with SELinux if I understand correctly.
That's interesting to know, because there may be a purpose after all for
admin-mandated starts.
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