On Friday 29 February 2008 22:39:53 Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
On Friday 29 February 2008 22:08:32 Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Perhaps, but I would prefer an actual tool for setting system
wide defaults.
That would be a good solution, too.
A system-wide configuration, comparable to files like:
/etc/bash.bashrc /etc/csh.login /etc/csh.cshrc /etc/ksh.kshrc /etc/profile
Well, the files are already there. Settings in /etc/opt/kde3/share/config will be used if there is nothing in the user's own home directory. So if you don't have your own kickerrc, the one in the global directory will be used
And if you do have a kickerrc, but don't have a particular variable configured that is configured in the global version of the file, it will be picked up from there.
Does KDE read /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kickerrc before reading ~/.kde/share/config/kickerrc?
What if the same variable is set in both places?
Does the the kickerrc in the user's kickerrc override the setting in the system kickerrc?
Yes
Is there a way for the system admin to "lock" a variable so that users can't change it? (My guess is no, since that tends to violate the whole spirit of both Unix, and of Linux even more.)
Yes, you can lock it down. It's called "kiosk mode", the main intention is for machines in public places, where you don't want just anybody changing the settings. There is a tool for it, called kiosktool, where you can set what a user should be allowed to change I'm told it's also popular in some companies for their internal desktops, but that's a use I like less Anders -- Madness takes its toll -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org