On Sun, 9 Sep 2001 09:20:19 -0400, Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping that someone on the list can help me out with 2 small problems. > I'm in the process of trying to "Lock Down" KDE on Mandrake 8.0 . In other > words, I'm trying to remove some functionality. If successful, users will > only have the ability to click on designated icons on the desktop. So far, > I've been able to get rid of the panel (taskbar), I've made the desktop > "read-only", gotten rid of the "right-click" option on the desktop, and > changed permissions on the remainig icons to read and execute only. > > My last few problems are as follows; > > 1) After removing the panel and right-click menu, I no longer have a simple > way to "Log-Off" the users, short of using the CTRL-ALT-Backspace keystroke. > I assume that since log-offs can be done by clicking a button on the panel, > that there is a command that will work, but I have no idea what it is. The > "logout" command - when run from a console will not work, and it suggests > that I use "exit", which only closes the console. What I need is a command > that will start the log-off process by using an icon. > > 2) I need to eliminate the "right-click" option when the mouse-pointer is > positioned over an icon. > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! > > Lanman Both GNOME and KDE have 'kiosk' modes, so-called because they are designed to be used by anybody in an information kiosk. I don't know the specifics, but you may want to do a search of "KDE kiosk" or "GNOME kiosk" at a site like Google (http://www.google.com/linux). -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson
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