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Re: Locking down Ubuntu

From: ``-_-´´) -- Fernando <Ubuntu(at)BUGabundo.net>
Date: Tue Jul 17 2007 - 06:27:18 EDT


Jeni, just look at the bottom of the emails, u get this: Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
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On 7/17/07, wrote:
> I wish someone would be kind enough to tell me how the hell do you unscribe
> from these damned lists!
>
> jeni
>
>
> On 16/07/07, Freddie Ruddick <frederific@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 16:15 -0400, Adric Mitchell wrote:
> > > Would anyone happen know a good way to lock down Ubuntu? I am trying
> > > to achieve basically the same thing that products like DeepFreeze and
> > > Clean Slate do. Thanks!
> >
> > If you make a new user account, of type "Unpriviledged", they can't fsck
> > about with any system settings, outside of their home directory.
> >
> > You can also use pessulus (sudo apt-get install pessulus) to further
> > lock things down. (Not allowing screen lock, stopping them moving panels
> > around, saving to disk, printing, etc)
> >
> > I imagine that it'd be easy enough to write a script that clears any
> > changes made to the user's home directory and settings on reboot.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Freddie
> >
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