Re: Forcing an user to only one window manager

[pedro noticioso <cucnews yahoo com>]

alright, I will also look into permissions, but what
do you think about my script? is it the right
direction or do you have a better idea in the aspects
covered by my scrip?

--- Brian Connelly <connelly purdue edu> wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 14:02, pedro noticioso wrote:
> > I am in need to limiting an user to only one
> window
> > manager and came up with this little script to
> > hopefully add to all files in Sessions directory
> > 
> > #!/bin/sh
> >    if [ "$USER" = "john" ]; then
> >        exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession qvwm
> >    ELSE
> >        exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession IceWM
> >    fi
> > 
> >    So all users may be able to choose whatever
> they
> > want but john is forced onto qvwm
> 
> I don't see how you can prevent a certain user from
> using any window
> manager unless you don't give them permissions for
> the binaries of the
> other managers, because even if you force a user to
> use XXXwm when they
> start their X session, they can still kill that
> particular wm and start
> any other one.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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