[Kde-kiosk] User Profiles, problems with

[Verner Kjærsgaard]

Onsdag den 16. juni 2004 15:15 skrev Waldo Bastian:

Dear Sir, 

- thank you for your answers, read my comments in between the lines below.

- cheers,
Verner Kjærsgaard

> On Wed June 16 2004 14:40, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > -first, thanks for a most promissing piece of really usefull software!
> >
> > - I can't seem to get it to work, though. I'm on SuSE9.1, KDE3.2.3 and
> > KIOSK v0.5, all brand new.
> >
> > If, say, I define a "profile1", this profile gets written
> > to /etc/kde-profiles/profile1/... and so forth. I've checked, it's there
> > ok. I now take an existing user, "tb", and using the user manager I
> > define this user to use "profile1" when logging in.
> >
> > Am I right so far?
>
> Yes. Did you compile KIOSK v0.5 yourself or are you using the SUSE
> packages? How about KDE 3.2.3?

No, I just grabbed KIOSK 0.5 rpm from the SuSE website, as well as the 
KDE3.2.3 rpms  too. No self-compiling, just a pile of rpms that installed 
without a hitch. I then logged off X and back in again, no reboot which 
should not be needed?
>
> > Only, nothing happens to user "tb", his got his all usual KDE. It's as if
> > KDE is not looking into /etc/kde-profiles/profile1 to get the settings.
> > Is there a place in which I can tell KDE to look after this directory?
>
> KDE 3.2.3 should do so automatically. There may be a mismatch
> between /etc/kderc and /etc/kde3rc though. KDE uses /etc/kderc by default,
> but the SUSE packages use /etc/kde3rc.

I think there is a mismatch, how can I remedy this. Using a symlink, perhaps ?
>
> > For new users, could I copy the /etc/kde-profiles/profile1/* to
> > /etc/skel/? Thus new users, would be set up as I want them ?
>
> Yes, that should work as well. The disadvantage of that approach is that if
> you make changes later on it will no longer affect already existing users.

Yes, that's right. But still fine for a new setup.
>
> > Anyhow, this sw looks great. Imagine its power if you've got one central
> > server (in a school) and a pile of thin clients. You're now in full
> > control over the desktop of every user -and that's in the most elegant
> > way imagineable! Thanks again!
>
> Cheers,
> Waldo

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Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
Verner Kjærsgaard
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