Locking Down Setting Manually
- 10.2.1. To Disable Lock Screen and Log Out
- 10.2.2. To Disable Command Line Operations
- 10.2.3. To Disable Panel Configuration
10.2.1. To Disable Lock Screen and Log Out
To disable the lock screen and log out functions, set the /apps/panel/global/disable_lock_screen key and the /apps/panel/global/disable_log_out key to true.
When you disable the lock screen and log out functions, the following items are removed from the panels:
- and menu items from the .
- and menu items from the menu. To open this menu, right-click on a vacant space on a panel, then choose .
- Menu Bar applet. and menu items from the menu in the
Also, any
buttons and buttons on panels are disabled.10.2.2. To Disable Command Line Operations
To disable operations from a command line, set the /desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_command_line key to true.
When you disable command line operations, the following changes occur in the user interface:
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The
menu item is removed from the following menus:- submenu in the menu
- Menu Bar applet menu in the
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Any
buttons on panels are disabled.
To disable command line operations, you must also remove menu items that start terminal applications. For example, you might want to remove menu items that contain the following commands from the menus:
- GNOME Terminal command, that is /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
- /usr/bin/xterm
- /usr/bin/setterm
The items are removed from the following menus:
To disable command line operations, you must also disable the Command Line applet. To disable the Command Line applet, add the applet to the /apps/panel/global/disabled_applets key. When you disable the Command Line applet, the Command Line applet is removed from the and the menu.
10.2.3. To Disable Panel Configuration
To disable panel configuration, set the /apps/panel/global/locked_down key to true.
When you disable panel configuration, the following changes occur in the user interface:
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The following items are removed from the panel popup menu, and from the drawer popup menu:
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The launcher popup menu is disabled.
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The following items are removed from the applet popup menu:
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The
popup menu is disabled. -
The launcher drag feature is disabled, so that users cannot drag launchers to, or from, panels.
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The panel drag feature is disabled, so that users cannot drag panels to new locations.