[Gllug] Removing the Debian Menu in Gnome

[Simon Morris]

On 15/11/05, Henry Gilbert <henry.gilbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Non-root users may some see system utilities installed in the Debian
> > menu but they can't open them without the root password (called by
> > gksu), so removing the menu doesn't automatically make the system more
> > secure. Maybe just a little tidier.
> >
>
> There are some utilities that work locally and require no root
> password. I can't remember which ones they are - but I was
> experimenting the other day. And if wrongly set can damage the
> stability of the Desktop - making it even hard to login. Obviously to
> really destroy it - they just might as well issue rm -fr .* from the
> console deleting all hidden .config files. But if they know that much
> about Linux, the last thing they would be contemplating would be to
> vandalize the system. I don't think any will do something intentional,
> but they will fiddle around randomly until something breaks - and my
> aim is to make it very fool-proof; or try my best. Otherwise my phone
> will be ringing straight after handing the machine back.

There is a good resource to read about locking down Gnome using GConf at:

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

Thanks

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