[K12OSN] Configs

gKw-X gkw-x at shaw.ca
Fri Sep 16 00:29:31 UTC 2005


Hello,

Alright now that the hardware config seems to be good I'm mucking with 
the software config. Namely user accounts/groups and access rights.

It's an elementary school, k-7, with around 20-25 students per class. 
How do others set things up? I would think the best thing to do would be 
to create a separate account for each student, and then slot the 
students into groups by grade. That way each student has their own 
desktop, and I can control program access and such across an entire 
grade easily, right? Or more easily dump a set of files onto each 
student in <x> grade's desktop for a lesson?

So how would I do this? Doing it manually via the user manager seems 
like a nightmare... Is there another way?

Also... How do I manage the menus? To change what each grade sees in 
their menu. And how do I restrict access to certain programs? For 
example, no student should be able to use irc. Or maybe only grades 5-7 
(and teachers) are allowed to use office programs (just an example).

Am I asking for too much? There are bits about user accounts in the 
documentation but I'm still unclear about the above.

Thanks,
Matt




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