topic Re: LINUX workstation (GUI) lockdown tool in Operating System - Linux

LINUX workstation (GUI) lockdown tool

nibble — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:47:51 GMT

guys,
do we an application that can lock down some applications, options and settings of a linux worstation? actually, were trying a home-grown application with linux and its running fine. the problem is, users gets to play around the other functionalities of the workstation session. weve tried installing linux with the minimal packages (but including GUI of course) but to know avail...
i know that there's a lot in Windows for this ex. safeguard, safelock, deepfreeze, etc... but what we need is the linux counterpart...

tnx,

Re: LINUX workstation (GUI) lockdown tool

Ivan Ferreira — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:51:34 GMT

You can play with the programs execution permissions. Also, you could install a simple desktop like xfce, fluxbox, fvwm where customizations are not easily available.

Re: LINUX workstation (GUI) lockdown tool

Andrew Cowan — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 02:42:51 GMT

Try "/usr/bin/vlock" it's part of the "vlock" package on Redhat Linux.

Re: LINUX workstation (GUI) lockdown tool

Andrew Cowan — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 02:53:53 GMT

Sorry misread your post. Locking down the Linux desktop. Try:

http://librenix.com/?inode=200
http://www.novell.com/documentation/zenworks7/index.html?page=/documentation/zenworks7/lm7admin/data/bxcyjdc.html
http://www.novell.com/products/zenworks/linuxmanagement/effectively_managing.html
http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=406459

Re: LINUX workstation (GUI) lockdown tool

Ivan Ferreira — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:45:26 GMT

See also:

Locking Down the Desktop: Disabling GNOME Desktop Features

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/desktop-guide/ch-ddg-lockdown.html

Re: LINUX workstation (GUI) lockdown tool

nibble — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:26:00 GMT

Maraming Salamat!!!

(Thank you very much!)

Re: LINUX workstation (GUI) lockdown tool

nibble — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:31:55 GMT

Thanks!