RFC: Autostart spec, second draft
Mike Hearn
m.hearn at signal.QinetiQ.com
Thu Jul 14 17:04:58 EEST 2005
> This section of the spec specifically excludes admin-mandated
autostarts.
> All the user has to do is create a file with the same name in his
> $XDG_CONFIG_HOME dir with Hidden=true to turn the application off.
The admin can put a .desktop file in the users home directory but that
they can't write to or delete, no?
> However, considering the fact that the application will be launched with
> the user's privileges, he could just as well kill it after logon, so
> admin-mandated autostarts could be rendered useless.
Well, you can get around that with SELinux if I understand correctly.
thanks -mike
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