Gavin, thanks for your advice. How do I make the desktop read-only?
Gavin McCullagh-3 wrote: > > Hi, > > On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, btabor wrote: > >> All students log in the same (see the same desktop). >> Then they can navigate to their network folders. > > I had guessed wrongly that they each had their own account. I would > strongly suggest you consider doing this as it will solve this and many > other problems by making each user responsible for their own account. You > can use the network folder as their home directory. > >> Obviously, from your "do you make sure they wipe themselves properly" >> comment, you do not understand the importance of not letting hundreds of >> teenagers save whatever they want to their school desktops. > > Sorry, I didn't mean to offend, it just seemed crazy to give people their > own space and then want to tidy up after them within it. It's now clear > that they're sharing the same space, which is why you have the problem. I > certainly understand the importance. > > I would seriously suggest giving them accounts. If you can't do that, I'd > suggest making the Desktop/ folder read-only and modifying firefox > settings > and I've pointed out that that's not watertight, though perhaps sufficient > to steer them away from saving to the desktop. > >> I am very new to Linux and trying to learn as I go. I thought signing up >> for this listserve would be helpful, but if you are just going to poke >> fun......I am thinking that this might not have been a good idea. I am >> just trying to figure things out and do the best I can. The high school >> computers with Edubuntu on them are looking a mess and everyone is >> complaining because the kids can save to the desktops, I was just trying >> to figure out a way to solve a problem that others have asked me to >> solve. If you feel the need to make insensitive comments, then I guess I >> am looking in the wrong place for answers. > > My apologies, I didn't mean to cause offence. This list is full of more > sensitive souls than me so don't leave on my account. > > I've offered two solutions to your problem. If you need more help > implementing either, please ask. > > Gavin > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/locking-down-the-desktop-tp14982757p15019011.html Sent from the edubuntu-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
