On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:10:55 +0100, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm in the process of trying to roll out Ubuntu across one of our > offices as a replacement to Windows XP. At the moment on Windows XP we > have a standard desktop which includes desktop background, Internet > Explorer proxy settings and other tweaks. > > Now rather than have the hassle of setting up each individual users > desktop when they first login I was hoping it would be possible to set a > default desktop configuration for each new user. > > I just wondered if it was possible? > > What I was looking at doing was setting up Ubuntu to authenticate > against the Windows 2003 Server (so I don't have to create a bunch of > individual accounts too) and have their home directories mount to their > user directory on the server. > > I vaguely remember reading something about default settings in /etc/skel > but after looking in that directory I see there are just some default > files for bash. Is it possible to put a set of default files in to > /etc/skel and is there any specific configuration files I need? > > Ta, > > Rob > > >
Lockdown editor introduced in Gnome 2.20 (Feisty) seemed to have that kind of ability. Is anything in http://library.gnome.org/admin/deployment-guide/ any use? You could put scripts in /etc/skel/.bashrc that get run on first login to perform certain actions. (Check a .firstrun file exists, if so run the scripts which deletes the file). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
