[SOLVED] blocking users customizing kde

Mario Blunk · 12-16-2008, 05:06 AM

Hello,

is there a way not to allow non-root users any changings of the kde desktop ? My customers mess up the task bar, panel settings and so on. The usually don't know how they made these changings ...

cheers, Mario

Agrouf · 12-16-2008, 05:25 AM

find /home -name .kde -exec chown -R root:root {} \;
find /home -name .kde -exec chmod -R 700 {} \;

Please try it on a test machine before doing that in production. I'm not sure if that works and if that has other hidden consequences.

ErV · 12-16-2008, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Agrouf

find /home -name .kde -exec chown -R root:root {} \;

This is a really bad idea. Users won't be able to log into desktop after that - it will fail with error message, and then they will be thrown back to login screen.

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Originally Posted by Agrouf

find /home -name .kde -exec chmod -R 700 {} \;

~/.kde subfolder has 700 permission by default. So this won't work.

Agrouf · 12-16-2008, 07:07 AM

indeed...
just replace the 2nd command with:
find /home -name .kde -exec chmod -R 744 {} \;
And do it before the first
I don't know if that will work.
Do they need to write to .kde?
Maybe just .kde/share/config?

ErV · 12-16-2008, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Agrouf

indeed...
just replace the 2nd command with:
find /home -name .kde -exec chmod -R 744 {} \;

I think that KDE needs write access into ~/.kde folder. It has symlinks and it looks like the frequently change.

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Originally Posted by Agrouf

I don't know if that will work.

Then I'd recommend to test it first before making recommendations.

Agrouf · 12-16-2008, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ErV

Then I'd recommend to test it first before making recommendations.

I can't right now.
You should test and if that does not work, maybe just put .kde/share/config in read only mode.

tredegar · 12-16-2008, 04:42 PM

Please do a search for kde kiosk
And follow the links