f9 gnome auto login questions

[Matthias Clasen]

On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 18:05 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:59:02AM -0700, Skunk Worx wrote:
> > Skunk Worx wrote:
> >> Adam Pribyl wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, Skunk Worx wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> This is a post I made yesterday to the fedora-list. There have been 
> >>>> no replies yet. I'm hoping someone here can give me a clue on how 
> >>>> to disable gnome "User Switching" or offer opinions on the 
> >>>> following. The behavior is a little unsettling.
> >>>
> >>> I'd consider this as bug with security implications too.. to me it  
> >>> seems as kind of serious problem worth to report into bugzilla.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestion, Adam...bz # 467569
> >
> > Note : renaming /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver, as mentioned in a similar  
> > Ubuntu bug report (referenced in the bz), appears to disable the "Switch  
> > User" button.
> 
> That's definitely not the right solution for disabling user switching.
> 
> I believe the correct way is to edit
> /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_lockdown.schemas, changing the entry:
> 
> /schemas/desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_user_switching
> 
> ...to be <default>true</default> for all users.
> 
> You should never have to monkey with things in /usr to set
> configurations like this.

That is right....but changing a gconf schema is not the right way to
change a default either. Run gconf-editor as root, open a "Defaults
Window", and change the value there. That'll make the change in the
"Defaults database" in /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults. If you don't want 
any user to be able to change this, you can use a "Mandatory Window", 
to make the change in the "Mandatory database", which takes precedence
over user settings.

Matthias