Michael,
I have thought about chattr but - it may not prevent the synaptic from shuting down iptables, tinyproxy, dansguardian process - synaptic, tinyproxy, dansguardian packages have many files, which one to choose to set the immutable attribute I have to test it anyway. Thank you for your email. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Michael Vogt <m...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:37:31PM +0100, Eric Duveau wrote: > > Hi, > Hi, > > > I would like to install dansguardian + iptables + tinyproxy packages > > (parental control ) via synaptic. > > > > My kid would like to use it to install new packages. (he will use sudo > > synaptic) > > > > Is there a possibility to lockout dansguardian + iptables + tinyproxy > > packages so that they cannot be removed using synaptic. > > I am thinking of a secund admin password... > > This is currently not possible with synaptic - you could try to use > chattr and set the "immutable" attributes on the file for those > packages. But I have no tested if that really works (if dpkg will > refuse to install/remove the package then). > > Another alternative is "rapt" > (https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~mvo/+junk/rapt<https://code.edge.launchpad.net/%7Emvo/+junk/rapt>). > It allows you to > prevent the user from removing packages. But its commandline so > probably not the right solution for your kid. > > Cheers, > Michael >
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