22
Chapter 4. Locking Down the Desktop: Disabling GNOME Desktop Features
Figure 4 10. Removing All Desktop Icons
Note
Unsetting this key also removes the desktop background menu, thereby eliminating access to the
Open Terminal menu item. This is a recommended step for disabling command line access as
described in Section 4.4 Disabling Command Line Access.
4.7. Other Kiosk related Configuration Tasks
This section documents a number of configuration tasks an administrator might find useful in setting
up a machine to serve as a public kiosk.
Tip
Removing the top panel or its Main Menu is recommended for kiosk operation. To remove the top
Panel, right click on it with the mouse and choose "Delete This Panel..." from the Panel menu.
4.7.1. Preventing Automounting of Drives
To prevent all drives, such as floppy disks, cdroms, or other removable media from automatically
mounting, unset the
/desktop/gnome/volume_manager/automount_drives
/desktop/gnome/volume_manager/automount_media
keys as shown in Figure 4 11.






footer




 

 

 

 

 Home | About Us | Network | Services | Support | FAQ | Control Panel | Order Online | Sitemap | Contact

discount web hosting

 

Our partners: PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor Best Web Hosting Java Web Hosting Inexpensive Web Hosting  Jsp Web Hosting

Cheapest Web Hosting Jsp Hosting Cheap Hosting

Visionwebhosting.net Business web hosting division of Web Design Plus. All rights reserved