Re: [K12OSN] OK now I am *very* confused!

["David Trask" <dtrask vcs u52 k12 me us>]

k12osn redhat com writes:
>I have set up a generic student with specific features, namely:
>- specific desktop background

I let the kids change it...that way they know they're logged on as
them....give them some ownership
>
>- removal of the evolution email icon in the taskbar at the bottom

This can be done globally...even easier if you use IceWM
>
>- removal of the 'start here' icon on the desktop

delete it from /etc/skel
>
>- started up and changed the theme for mozilla to IE, as well as the 
>start homepage and removed some of the buttons from the menu area

Do your users get to do anything themselves?  You're making way too much
work for yourself...as for the homepage....see the script at the bottom
>
>- started up OpenOffice, dealt with the address book and registration 
>dialogs
>- started up Gimp and dealt with all its setup dialogs.

Even my grade school kids can handle this one....let the users do it.  I'm
not trying to be sarcastic, but seriously....stop making so much work for
yourself and let the users have some ownership of their accounts and learn
a little about how they work.
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This script doesn't actually set the homepage, but acutally allows you to
launch Mozilla or Galeon or whatever (substitute your browser in the
script) on a specific page.....note my school's web site as our start page
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#!/bin/sh
# author - David Patton
# seriously modified by - Carlos Urbieta Cabrera <cucnews at yahoo dot com>
# reworked by - Carlos Urbieta Cabrera <cucnews at yahoo dot com> again ;)
# THIS SOFTWARE HAS THE GPL LICENSE, IF YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE, YOU ARE
# AGREEING TO ITS LICENSE´S TERMS, SO AT LEAST READ IT! 8D
# http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#TOCGPL
#***
# Configurarion starts here

# Where is FireBird?
PHOENIX=/usr/lib/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird
# Default URL when not set at command line?
DEFAULT="web.vcs.u52.k12.me.us"

# Configurarion stops here
#***
URL="$@"
   if [ "$URL" = "" ]; then
      URL="$DEFAULT"
   fi

$PHOENIX -remote "ping()"
# $? = false if running, true if not
   if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
      $PHOENIX -remote openURL"($URL,new-tab)"
                                # 'new-tab' also exists, but it
                                # will not bring the browser
                                # ontop, so its not that fun.
                                # People may not realize that
                                # there is a new tab on their
                                # current browser 8) -Carlos
   else
      $PHOENIX $URL
   fi
exit

David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask vcs u52 k12 me us
(207)923-3100