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On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Is it possible to shut off all multimedia stuff for a single account? |
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> It's doesn't have to be securely off, just off, so if it cannot be |
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> done by meddling with group membership then doing something in a root |
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> owned bash file that executes when the user logs in even that's fine |
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> with me. (Uh - even I don't know much about what Linux/Gnome does when |
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> a user logs in so I'll get to learn a bit also!) |
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> I've removed the user account from the audio, video and games groups. |
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> When playing YouTube stuff sound is gone but the Flash video is still |
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> there. Can I stop that from working. maybe by changing paths if |
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> there's not an easier way to do it? |
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Is the user a willing participant? If so, I think you can use |
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NoScript/FlashBlock to block that kind of stuff with success. |
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If you don't want someone to play video, you'll not only need to block |
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the browser plugins, but any software on the company capable of |
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playing video (such as mplayer, xine, etc). |
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Massimo's suggestion of altering the file modes to remove read access |
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from that user sounds good. Maybe it would be easier with ACLs so you |
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can specifically deny that one user access. But I've never used ACLs |
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so I can't say for sure it would be easier. :) |
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