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Chapter 4. Locking Down the Desktop: Disabling GNOME Desktop Features

Figure 4 6. Setting the

disable_command_line

GConf Key

Disabling the Command Line (Mini Commander) applet

To

disable

this

applet,

you

will

need

to

add

the

applet

IID

OAFIID:GNOME_MiniCommanderApplet

to the list of disabled applets. Refer to

Section 4.3.1 Disabling Applets for information on disabling applets.

Disabling Console Switching

Access to all virtual consoles can be disabled by adding a

DontVTSwitch

option to the

Serverflags

section in the X configuration file

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

.

Section "Serverflags"

Option "DontVTSwitch" "yes"

EndSection

Removing the Open Terminal menu item from the desktop background menu

The menu containing the Open Terminal menu item will automatically be removed when all

desktop icons are removed by unsetting the

/apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop

key. When this key is unset, Nautilus no longer controls the desktop. Refer to

Section 4.6 Removing Desktop Icons for instructions for unsetting this key.

4.5. Restricting the Number of Workspaces

To limit the display to one workspace, set the

/apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces

key using the GConf editor as shown in Figure 4 7.