[PLUG] Lock down Gnome desktop

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

My 2.6yo son just messed up the toolbars on a shared Ubuntu machine for 
the 57 millionth time.  While I have each widget locked, he still 
manages to switch the toolbars themselves around and generally make a mess.

A trivial Google search turned up:
http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/05/27/how-to-lock-down-gnome/
http://library.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/lockdown.html.en
http://library.gnome.org/admin/deployment-guide/

The first two both mentioned this, which was not installed by default on 
this Ubuntu 8.04 PC:
	pessulus - lockdown editor for GNOME

I installed it, clicked the check-box to "Lock down the panels" and I'm 
all set.  I think.  I'll have to see if he managed to defeat this too. 
(IOW, am I smarter than a 2 year old?  Very possibly not...)

Later,
JP
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