[K12OSN] Re: Firefox Default Home Page

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Wed Jan 30 04:33:10 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 14:47 -0800, John Montoya wrote:
> James-
> 
> I've been watching this thread (looking for the same answer as Mel).
> 
> I would like to try your suggestion. Just need a little clarification.
> 
> * I Understand adding the line to the .bashrc file.
> 
> ...then you loose me ! <smile>.....

My bad. Should be /opt/ltsp/templates/k12linux/reset-all-desktops

> 
> You say to push the edited .bashrc file to all users, how ? - I'm lost
> with the Über-cool tools part.
> * I do not have a " /opt/ltsp/k21ltsp/scripts/ " folder.... the
> closest I can find is /opt/ltsp/scripts/ - and inside the scripts
> folder are two files;
> delete_user_configs
> delete_user_configs_by_group
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for your time & help,
> 
> 
> john-
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     * From: "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney localnetsolutions com>
>     * To: "Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn
> redhat com>
>     * Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Firefox Default Home Page
>     * Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:17:34 -0500
> 
> In /etc/skel, edit the .bashrc file to add near the end:
> 
> cp -f <source>/prefs.js ~/.mozilla/firefox/default*/prefs.js
> 
> Now push this to every existing user using the uber-cool tools
> in /opt/ltsp/k21ltsp/scripts/
> 
> The prefs.js file will need to be very non-user specific (i.e. quite
> generic). So now every time anyone logs in or opens a bash shell,
> firefox will get reset to what you want.
> 
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