[Kde-kiosk] Making configuration read only

[Waldo Bastian]

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On Mon March 15 2004 15:49, Micha Kersloot wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a debian installation with KDE3.2 and i want to use it in an
> internet cafe. I was thinking that i could configure a user just with
> the possibilities that i like and then make the configuration
> read-only.
>
> This does not work for some reason. Even the README.Kiosk talks about:
> [KDE Action Restrictions]
> warn_config_unwritable=false
>
> Example:
> chown root.root /home/user/.kde/share/config/kickerrc
> chmod 644 /home/user/.kde/share/config/kickerrc
>    and add the two lines mentioned above to kickerrc.
>
> But this gives me errors from kicker that it's not able to write to the
> file (which is fine, just the error is wrong).
>
> Is my approach possible after all or should i takle this from an other
> direction?

The documentation is wrong, it should read:
warn_unwritable_config=false

Cheers,
Waldo
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