Re: Need Little IT advice here...

2011-08-15 Thread Phil Meyer
On 08/11/2011 09:57 PM, Manuel Escudero wrote: > Hi, I was Wondering if there was a tool for Linux in general > that let me undo the system changes at reboot or something > like that, For example: > > I want to set a standard configuration in a machine and then > let that machine to be used by many

Re: Need Little IT advice here...

2011-08-12 Thread Daniel J Walsh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/12/2011 12:16 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 22:57:18 -0500, Manuel Escudero > wrote: >> >> I want to set a standard configuration in a machine and then let >> that machine to be used by many users, but as soon as the user

Re: Need Little IT advice here...

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:57:18 -0500 Manuel Escudero wrote: > I want the machine to undo all the possible > changes the user may have done while he/she was using it. For virtual machines, this is fairly easy. Use a qcow2 filesystem for the VM with a backing_file and regenerate the filesystem from t

Re: Need Little IT advice here...

2011-08-12 Thread Tim
On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 00:08 -0500, Manuel Escudero wrote: > The xguest solution was the thing I needed... (Thanks BTW!) Now > a little question: How can I customize the xguest account and then > freeze it again? I mean, if I wanna change the wallpaper or something > in the apps configuration, How c

Re: Need Little IT advice here...

2011-08-11 Thread Manuel Escudero
2011/8/11 Frank Cox > On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:57:18 -0500 > Manuel Escudero wrote: > > > Hi, I was Wondering if there was a tool for Linux in general > > that let me undo the system changes at reboot or something > > like that, > > Generally speaking, users can only write files in their home direc

Re: Need Little IT advice here...

2011-08-11 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 22:57:18 -0500, Manuel Escudero wrote: > > I want to set a standard configuration in a machine and then > let that machine to be used by many users, but as soon as > the user Log Out (preferably in that moment) > I want the machine to undo all the possible > changes the

Re: Need Little IT advice here...

2011-08-11 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:57:18 -0500 Manuel Escudero wrote: > Hi, I was Wondering if there was a tool for Linux in general > that let me undo the system changes at reboot or something > like that, Generally speaking, users can only write files in their home directory. So if you restore the home di

Re: Need Little IT advice here...

2011-08-11 Thread Antonio Olivares
/*** original message with some information removed / Hi, I was Wondering if there was a tool for Linux in general that let me undo the system changes at reboot or something  like that, For example: I want to set a standard configuration in a machine and then let that machine t