Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-13 Thread Peter Billson
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 5:20 PM > To: Breshears Doug P > Cc: Brian Payst; s9655808; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - > Help!! > > Hey *, > 1) You can create the sym link as root, then the us

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-12 Thread Breshears Doug P
there is a way around this w/o doing the user/group thing. Doug -Original Message- From: Peter Billson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 5:20 PM To: Breshears Doug P Cc: Brian Payst; s9655808; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-07 Thread Peter Billson
Hey *, 1) You can create the sym link as root, then the user can't remove it or 2) You can simply make the prefs.js file immutible using chattr +i Also, you probably want to set the number of backup prefs files to 0. Pete -- http://www.elbnet.com ELB Internet Service, Inc. Web Design, C

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-07 Thread Breshears Doug P
] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!! Put prefs.js in a higher level directory, say /home/students/prefs.js and set it to be read only for everyone except the owner (root). Then, in each student's .phoenix/default directory, replace prefs.js with: ln -s

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-07 Thread Breshears Doug P
-Original Message- From: s9655808 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:49 AM To: Brian Payst Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!! Here is what I've done so far. I installed firefo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-07 Thread Brian Payst
Put prefs.js in a higher level directory, say /home/students/prefs.js and set it to be read only for everyone except the owner (root). Then, in each student's .phoenix/default directory, replace prefs.js with: ln -s /home/students/prefs.js prefs.js You could script that as well. s9655808 wrote

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-07 Thread s9655808
- (on students) This e-mail message and / or its attachment(s) does not engage the responsibility of the sender nor does it bind the Polytechnic of Namibia in any way. - Here is what I've done so

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-05 Thread Brian Payst
You can't set them all to use the same profile. Copy the .phoenix directory into each student's home directory. For example: /home/student01/.phoenix /home/student02/.phoenix etc. Then make sure to chown student1 .phoenix and it's subdirectories, etc. Don't link them to a central one, the lockf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-05 Thread s9655808
- (on students) This e-mail message and / or its attachment(s) does not engage the responsibility of the sender nor does it bind the Polytechnic of Namibia in any way. - Hi all, Thanks for all yo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-02 Thread Brian Payst
What I've done is created a standard profile called default that I copy into all the home directories (/home/username/.phoenix) for each user and change the permissions so it is owned by the appropriate user. I then have a prefs.js file that is symlinked to a central, read-only one in another

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-02 Thread Eduardo Robles Elvira
Hello LTSP world: > I have never tried it but you should be able to manually edit the > file to change the directory - i.e. point to each user's home directory. > A quick script should be able to copy and change a bunch of accounts at > once. I'm also trying to do the mozilla thingie but wit

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-02 Thread Peter Billson
Rudolf, 1) Is there a reason that you want to create each user's Mozilla directory? Why not let each user create it the first time the start Mozilla? 2) If there is a reason, the file you need to modify is the appreg file under each user's .mozilla directory. In that file (at the end) it defin

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 4 and Libraries Internet Access - Help!!

2004-04-01 Thread A.J. Venter
We had similar problems with mozilla in the past. You're best bet is to use a different browser: 1) you can use konqueror, set it up, and then let $HOME/.kde do the work 2) If you want mozilla abilities, use epiphany (the new gnome browser). Galeon and epiphany both use the mozilla backends to ren