From kde-enterprise Thu Mar 07 04:15:18 2002 From: Sean McGlynn Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 04:15:18 +0000 To: kde-enterprise Subject: New Mailing List for System Administrators X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-enterprise&m=101549251021709 Hello All, As KDE continues its steady progress into the workplace, it has become apparent that there needs to be a mailing list dedicated to the requirements of the busy Systems Administrator and other related roles. Waldo Bastian has kindly agreed to allow the kde-kiosk mailing list to be used for this purpose. As the name suggests, this list was originally created to deal with issues related to the "locking down" of KDE systems, so that their usage can be controlled/restricted in certain ways. This is a subject close to the hearts of system administrators, as many questions on the various general mailing lists have recently shown. As the kde-kiosk list was not being greatly used (i.e. "not being used at all" really :-) it seems as good a place as any to formally host system administration related issues. Most people will probably be unaware of the new "kiosk-framework" which has been integrated into the upcoming KDE3. This framework "provides an easy way to disable certain features within KDE to create a more controlled environment." (For more details, please see the 'README.kiosk' file available in the 'kdelibs/kdecore' directory of your KDE3 source code, or read the file online at http://webcvs.kde.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/kdelibs/kdecore by clicking on the number to the right of the filename, under the 'rev' column). As well as providing a simple way to disable features in all KDE applications, the framework provides methods for those applications to realise this fact and amend their interface accordingly. For example, 'kicker', the KDE panel, will recognise if its configuration file has been marked as "immutable" and not show the "Preferences", "Size" or "Add" items when displaying its right click context menu. So far, kicker and kdesktop have been made "capability aware". Other applications will surely follow. With feedback from systems administrators and others interested in these capabilities, (think "preventing your six year old child from changing the system the way you set it up for him/her"), the framework can be tested and fine-tuned. So, for all the Systems Administrators and other interested parties out there, please sign up to the list by either sending an email to kde-kiosk-request@mail.kde.org with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject field (and nothing in the body of the message) or by going to http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-kiosk and signing up online. If new users would then be kind enough to post a short introduction note to the list, with the subject line [introduction] your_name_here and a brief note of their system setup, we can get an idea of how many people need this new service. The [introduction] bit allows the archives to be easily searched so that people can get some background on others' setups without everybody having to continually repeat themselves. Obviously, this is not a requirement of joining the list. Comments/questions/suggestions to myself or the list are welcome. Cheers, Sean -- Sean McGlynn sean@tmiau.com BGITSOS _______________________________________________ kde-enterprise mailing list kde-enterprise@mail.kde.org http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-enterprise