[K12OSN] Setting a default, non-customizable desktop
Christopher K. Johnson
ckjohnson at gwi.net
Sat Apr 3 23:12:32 UTC 2004
Peter Deakin wrote:
> Changing permissions on .gconf to 740 so that there is no write
> access and changing ownership to root which prevents group and others
> making any changes. This will stop anyone from changing backgrounds,
> view rights and stops theme changes. I guess this might be too
> restrictive so you could experiment with permissions on specific flies
> in this directory to achieve what you want.
>
Of course a knowledgable user can simply delete .gconf since it is in
what must remain a user writable directory - their home.
But it would at least prevent customization until someone figures that out.
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