[plug] Gnome static desktop for multiple users

[Scott Middleton]

Thanks Leon, not having the time on fri arvo to test it out fully.  A
quick test between two fresh users resulted in very few differences. The
main changes will be in OpenOffices .svc.... and a couple of evolution
files.
The read only part is a worry, i had hoped gnome had thought of this and
had systems in place for a multiple user rollout. We have to remember
that most users of M$ are used to not having decisions to make and left
to their own devices will inevitably "stuff it up"

On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 14:42, Leon Blackwell wrote:
    On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 01:41:41PM +0800, Scott Middleton wrote:
    > Maybe I wasn't clear enough.
    > I want set up say.... 200 user accounts.  I would really rather not log
    > into 200 user accounts and configure each and every one.  I would like
    > to set up 1 and then use it similar to the /etc/skel directory.
    
    You could always use a post-account-setup script to copy and modify any
    files that the normal skel system won't/can't handle.  Just use one or
    two accounts to setup your default setup, and diff them to work out what
    needs customising per user.
    
    Once you have everything copied across, you should be able to make them
    read-only, although I get the feeling that might break something.  If
    you change the ownership of the files, they won't even be able to chmod
    them back (though they might be able to delete and recreate them if
    they're smart).
    
    The last way is, of course, to modify their login script to copy the
    .gnome* files across everytime they login, so it doesn't matter what
    they mess with.
    
    
    
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