Gconf-editor

[ekul taylor]

Are you running gconf-editor as root?  I imagine to change some of the
global, manditory keys you would need write access to /usr/share where the
skeleton gnome settings are stored and for that you would need to be root

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Barb A. Tabor <btabor at btownccs.k12.in.us>
wrote:

> Hello. I am attemping to lockdown certain things on my thin clients. I was
> going by these directions from the Edubuntu FAQ page...
> How do I lock down user desktops and other aspects of the system?
>
> GConf is a good place to start. Here are some useful GConf keys to set as
> mandatory:
>
>    -
>
>    /apps/panel/global: locked_down
>    -
>
>    /desktop/gnome/background: picture_filename
>    /home/share/backgrounds/picture.jpg
>    -
>
>    /desktop/gnome/lockdown: disable_lock_screen
>    -
>
>    /apps/metacity/global_keybindings: Go here to disable/set keybindings
>    (such as removing the default ALT+F2 = run dialogue so students cannot
>    arbitrarily run any program on the system)
>    -
>
>    /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/screensaver: start_screensaver
>    -
>
>    /desktop/gnome/lockdown: disable_user_switching
>    -
>
>    /apps/panel/global/disabled_applets: A list of applets you can disable.
>    This was relevant when removing fast-user-switch and deskbar applets, as
>    Gnome would complain upon login of every user that it couldn't load the
>    applet (they are defaulted to load even when the packages are removed)
>    -
>
>    /apps/panel/toplevels/*/background: Will be good for setting panel
>    translucency/color for administrator accounts
>
> But, when I attempt to do any of these things, I get the message "The
> application "gconf-editor" attempted to change an aspect of your
> configuration that your system administrator or operating system vendor does
> not allow you to change. Some of the settings you have selected may not take
> effect, or may not be restored next time you use the application."
> What am I doing wrong???
> Thanks.  Barb
>
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