-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/19/07 18:47, Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. I set up a donated computer for homeless adults who live in a > warehouse, and I would like to secure the desktop. The computer is > using Etch, with Gnome. > > The issue is that one of the residents will create hundreds of new > "untitled folders" on the desktop. Further, she'll mess around with > the panels, the shortcuts on the desktops, and sometimes change the > permissions on the home directory (ie, making the /home/guest directory > inaccessible, making booting into that user on the computer impossible > until I'm there to change it back). gdm is set up to automatically > boot into the guest user, without requiring a password. There is just > the one user for everyone (and root for me, when necessary). > > It's not a big deal, but undoing her mucking of the desktop is > something I'd rather not have to waste time with.
What if you have the login script recreate /home/guest each time? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGT+z7S9HxQb37XmcRAnjwAJ9jJFTss0GvhROn5EyhkBFH3QL7wwCeL9qz ZLjQ4x3kekItvvc/eU+6k5A= =sRt+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
