On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Charles Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Rod G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am somewhat familiar with Pessulus, but I am not sure it would do what I > > need it to do. I want to set up one pc with Edubuntu on it at a public > > library in the childrens area. But I want it to clear any changes to the > > desktop and bring it back up for the next patron to use...once it has been > > rebooted and/or cleared. Is there a way to do this without going to the > > Thin Client options within Edubuntu? > > > I have not tried this, but it should be possible on a standalone > machine. If you add a line to the /etc/rc.local file, you can remove > all the contents of the home directory (and any saved desktop > changes). > > Just add > rm -rf /home/whateverUser > (where whateverUser is the username of your default login). > > Any time the machine is rebooted, the home directory will be deleted, > and then SHOULD be re-created based on the contents of your /etc/skel > file. Correction to that line in /etc/rc.local rm -rf /home/whaeverUser/*
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