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Locking Down Setting Manually

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:

  • Lock Screen and Log Out user menu items from the Main Menu.

  • Lock and Log Out menu items from the Add to Panel->Actions menu. To open this menu, right-click on a vacant space on a panel, then choose Add to Panel->Actions.

  • Lock Screen and Log Out user menu items from the Actions menu in the Menu Bar applet.

Also, any Lock Screen buttons and Log Out buttons on panels are disabled.

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:

  • The Run Application menu item is removed from the following menus:

    • Main Menu

    • Actions submenu in the Add to Panel menu

    • Actions menu in the Menu Bar applet

  • Any Run 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:

  • Main Menu

  • Add to Panel->Launcher from menu

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 Main Menu and the Add to Panel->Utility menu.

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:

  • The following items are removed from the panel popup menu, and from the drawer popup menu:

    • Add to Panel

    • Delete This Panel

    • Properties

    • New Panel

  • The launcher popup menu is disabled.

  • The following items are removed from the applet popup menu:

    • Remove From Panel

    • Lock

    • Move

  • The Main Menu popup menu is disabled.

  • The launcher drag feature is disabled, so that users cannot drag launchers to, or from, panels.

  • The panel drag feature is disabled, so that users cannot drag panels to new locations.


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