[K12OSN] Desktop Control

Mel Wade mel at melwade.com
Mon Dec 11 18:58:46 UTC 2006


Thanks for the tip.  I've come to really appreciate the Kiosk control in
KDE.  That ended up being the only desktop we allow and I have the whole
thing configured and locked down easily.

Mel

On 12/11/06, Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:
>
> Mel Wade wrote:
> > How do you control thing like wallpaper setting, etc. so that users in
> > the lab can't put in appropriate graphics there?
>
> One option:
>
> <as root>
> yum install gconf-editor
> gconf-editor
> /desktop/gnome/background
> right-click on picture_filename
> select "Set as Mandatory"
>
> --
> Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
> Multnomah ESD - Technology Services
> 503-257-1562
>
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-- 
Mel Wade
"The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do." - BF
Skinner
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