[K12OSN] Desktop Control

Robert Arkiletian robark at gmail.com
Fri Dec 8 22:44:42 UTC 2006


On 12/7/06, Paul VanGundy <vangundypw at sau14.k12.nh.us> wrote:
> Mel,
>
> I have used both Sabayon and Pessulus numerous times and I have to tell
> you that there is a catch. If the users that are logging into your thin
> clients are authenticating against Windows Active Directory, both
> programs are useless and I can't currently find a program that will
> work. If the accounts are on your LTSP Server/Samba server then these
> programs will work well. In our district, all of our students currently
> authenticate against Windows ADS 2003 and Sabayon will not work. If
> anyone has a different experience please do let me know how you do it.
> Just wanted to inform you. Thanks.
>
> -Paul

I use IceWM and manually edit the preferences and menu files to lock
the system down. It's not foolproof but seems to be good enough.

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Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
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