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[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Jan Claeys wrote:
> Op woensdag 03-03-2010 om 19:36 uur [tijdzone +0800], schreef Chan Chung
> Hang Christopher:
>> Jan Claeys wrote:
>>> Op woensdag 03-03-2010 om 09:39 uur [tijdzone +0800], schreef
>>> Christopher Chan:
>>>> GNOME and KDE4 have nothing near what you can get with KDE3 +
>>>> kiosktool. 
>>> We've been having fun with some people here in ubuntu-be to find methods
>>> around kiosktool restrictions lately...  ;)
>> If them grade school kiddies are that smart, I'll be toast. :-O
> 
> Actually, if they know a little bit of python, they can get around a lot
> of kiosktool restrictions (e.g. lots of applications allow you to use
> python to extend them, and it's quite simple to start whatever
> application from inside python).

Heh. Good luck getting access to that first whether via a terminal or 
Alt-F2!


> 
>>> It's certainly a useful tool, but there is no way it replaces an admin
>>> who monitors everything & updates desktop security policies if needed.
>> ???
>>
>> I am not sure that we are on the same page here...
>>
>> Different links, different menus and so on...not necessarily lockdown 
>> you know... 
> 
> Different links & some limited lockdown can be done with some of the
> GNOME tools like sabayon & pessulus and/or with custom scripts, but I
> guess maybe kiosktool has a nicer GUI for that?
> 
> 

With kiosktool, you basically customize the desktop, menus and add 
restrictions as necessary and then save as a profile. Then that profile 
can be assigned to a group. No scripting necessary. WSYISWYG. Completely 
automatic. All thanks to the KIOSK framework.