edubuntu-menu-editor

[Kees]

On 08/09/10 13:07, Joseph Hartman wrote:
> I got it to work a while back. If I recall there are two apps to make it
> happen. The first allows you to specify which menus and sub menus appear
> for the user. Make your choices using the check boxes and save as the
> menu as a tarball on the desktop. Then open the second app. This one
> allows you to assign the tarball configuration to a specific group or
> user. If memory serves there are three windows in the second app, the
> left displays the users and or groups while the right side shows the
> tarball and the bottom shows the pairings between the two. You must
> first import the tarball. To do so right click in the blank space of the
> right side window and select "import" or whatever. Browse to the desktop
> and select the tarball to import it. If I recall you must change the
> browser to look for "all files" before it will see the tarball. Once you
> have imported the tarball into the second app, click and drag it from
> the right side of the second app window onto the user/group in the left
> side window. If this is done correctly then a new entry should show up
> on the bottom window of the second app. Click file and save to save the
> configuration and you should be ready to rock. I encountered a few bugs,
> but for the most part it worked as advertised, although I only ever used
> it for specific users, not groups. Let us know how it goes. Best
> regards, -Joe

This exactly what I am doing and it does not seem to have any effect.

Maybe the problem is that I am assigning it to a group, but it seems to
suggest that is what you can do.

Thank you for your help though.

Kees

(btw if you name the tarball <anything>.tar.gz it will see it
immediately in the browser, any other extension and you need to select
'all files', even with .tgz)

> 
> On Sep 7, 2010 9:30 PM, "Kees" <keesvonk at gmail.com
> <mailto:keesvonk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> I am trying to assign a menu structure to a group of users, using the
>> 'menu-editor' and the 'edubuntu-menu-editor profile manager' but I must
>> be doing something wrong here. I am doing the following"
>>
>> * New Edubuntu 10.04 install with LTSP according to:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/installLTSPlucid
>> * Create new user (modelstudent)
>> * Create new group (student) and assign modelstudent to it
>> * Edit and save menu: StudentMenu.tar.gz
>> * Assign Menu to group 'student'
>>
>> (at the point even tried rebooting, ltsp-update-*)
>>
>> * Log in on LTSP terminal, and just get the full menu
>>
>> How can I get the edited menu for all students in group 'student'? I
>> have searched and googled a lot in the last few days, but the
>> documentation on this seems extremely sparse.
>>
>> If anyone can help me that would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kees
>>
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