Easy way to disable screen lock? (Was: Profile management (Edubuntu 10.10))

[Todd O'Bryan]

Thanks very much! I'll run this first thing Monday morning.

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Marc Gariépy <gariepy.marc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Todd,
>
> For thin client you can disable lock screen using the following command:
>
> sudo gconftool-2 --direct --config-source \
>    xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --set --type \
>    boolean /desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_lock_screen True \
>    /apps/panel/global/disable_lock_screen True
>
> This will disable the lock screen for every users as a mandatory setting
> so they won't be able to re-activate it.
>
> Marc
>
> On Sat, 2011-02-05 at 15:33 -0500, Todd O'Bryan wrote:
>> My biggest grief is the number of times I have to slay student
>> accounts when students have left the lab but forgotten to log out. Is
>> there an easy way to turn that off for accounts that are logged on
>> through thin clients, or do I have to go through the whole profile
>> management system?
>>
>> Todd
>
>