[ubuntu-uk] Clearing home directory at logout

[Rob Beard]

On 29/01/2009 21:49, Farran Lee wrote:
>
> i tried that once before - i basically made their home directory a 
> folder in the /tmp directory. That worked...
> but then the new powermanager/user switcher-y thing instead of the 
> shutdown button has a "guest" session in it. Not sure how to access 
> that from gdm though...
Actually having a bit of a play I think I might have found a 
workaround.  I ended up installing the GDM Watchdog which checks for 
when a user logs out (or alternatively turns off the client).  It then 
closes all the users processes so in there I've put in a test command 
which works and runs as the logged in user.  Hopefully I can put 
together a simple script to empty the home directory and unpack a tar 
archive back into the directory.  Not ideal but as I'm on a tight 
schedule (server is being installed on Saturday and goes live on the 7th 
Feb) it looks like it'll have to do.  I'll just have to try and find a 
more elegant solution afterwards.

Still I'm sure it'll all be worth it in the end when there are 6 more 
Ubuntu machines out there :-)

Rob