[K12OSN] "Locking Down" user preferences

[Brian Chivers]

CCK Wizard is your friend here :-)

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/cck/firefox/

Brian Chivers

Ryan Hackl wrote:
> G'day, all!
>  
> I've got K12LTSP working with thin clients in classrooms throughout the 
> school.  Students user settings are modified at log in (via a script) so 
> that when they log in, their homepage and proxy settings are set to 
> access the web via our dansguardian/squid server.
>  
> Trouble is, students who have found where this setting is are able to 
> change the proxy setting for their current log in, and this isn't so good. 
>  
> I know in Windows (2003, which we also have running in the school), 
> there is a "Group Policy Object" that allows the administrator to "lock 
> out" users from the 'Internet Properties' setting in IE.
>  
> Is there such a resource for K12LTSP, so I can lock-out, or "hide" the 
> "Preferences" control panel in Firefox?
>  
> Thanks for any suggestions!
>  
> - Ryan Hackl
> Spiritwood High School
>  
> 
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