[K12OSN] Default Settings for Workstations

[Burroughs, Henry]

Sez,

If you are using GNOME, you can set many defaults via GCONF.  
This is for Gnome 2.6, but I think it will work for 2.8.
http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/2.6/ch01.html

Look in the section titled "To Set Background Preferences" for an idea how to set the background for all users (I've done that before).  Basically, you can make certain settings mandatory for all users via gconf.  You can even not make things mandatory, but change the defaults.  Good luck!

Henry Burroughs
Technology Director
Hilton Head Preparatory School
Hilton Head Island, SC
www.hhprep.org

-----Original Message-----
From:	Selzler, Bruce [mailto:SelzlerB at esuhsd.org]
Sent:	Mon 3/7/2005 10:15 AM
To:	k12osn at redhat.com
Cc:	
Subject:	[K12OSN] Default Settings for Workstations
Hello Team,

I have a couple of questions.  First, is there a way to set up defaults
on the LTSP server that will be mirrored on all of the workstations?
I'm thinking of desktop backgrounds, Firefox favorites, menu bars, that
sort of thing.  I would like every user to have a common desktop,
favorites, etc.

And once you have those set, is there a way to "lock" those in place?
We use Deep Freeze on Windows, so if a student puts something
inappropriate as a desktop background, or puts inappropriate links in
the favorites a simple restart puts everything back to its original
settings.  I'd like to be able to do something similar with LTSP.

Any thoughts?

- Sez