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14th July 2009, 10:42 AM
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How to prevent people from changing their wallpapers
Hello All,
I am facing a really weird kind of issues where my boss has asked me block everybody from changing their wallpapers and put a default one there. I don't have a clue 
Can anybody tell me how to do that.
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Hasan
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14th July 2009, 10:43 AM
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Delete the wallpapers?
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14th July 2009, 10:51 AM
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But that won't stop them from downloading new ones? I am interested in this to.
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14th July 2009, 11:07 AM
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ah ok.sorry 
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14th July 2009, 11:08 AM
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Yeah and also I want to fix a particular wallpaper so that no body should be able to change to a pic of their choice.
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Hasan
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14th July 2009, 02:32 PM
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There is one way that i know, probably not the best but it works
Quote:
su
chmod 744 /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties
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and to change it back
Quote:
su
chmod 755 /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties
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so only someone who knows your root password can change the background etc..
Last edited by Dangermouse; 14th July 2009 at 03:11 PM.
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14th July 2009, 02:47 PM
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Don't know about gnome, but in KDE all the configuration ends up in a text file. If they have access to a text editor, they can change the configuration file manually.
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14th July 2009, 07:32 PM
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Which file would that be? Could it be symlinked to somewhere where they don't have write acces for example?
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14th July 2009, 07:41 PM
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In kde, ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktopwallpapersrc
In gnome, ~/.gnome2/backgrounds.xml might be the ticket, but I don't use gnome.
You might want to look at kiosk type managers depending on your user base. These let you fine tune what users are allowed to do.
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15th July 2009, 06:48 AM
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Thank you for that, and kiosk type tools are probably well worth looking into.
Now, if someone has a great idea on how to achieve this on *couch*vista*couch*.. But that might be a new thread instead of me hijacking this one I think.
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15th July 2009, 07:03 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ultra magnus
Now, if someone has a great idea on how to achieve this on *couch*vista*couch*.. But that might be a new thread instead of me hijacking this one I think.
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*cough* google *cough*
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...nt-change.html
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15th July 2009, 07:13 AM
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Sweet, that will come in handy in the fall when work begins! Believe me when I say that I have googled, but didn't find anything like this, and it's doable by group policies! woot!
/me fires up a virtual vista to test things out. Thanks Ilja!
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