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Re: This is an important but overlooked tool
by trg on Saturday 12/Apr/2008, @01:43

I forgot to mention what I mean by locking features instead of hiding: a feature (or option) is visible for the user but when he/she tries to use the feature the system would give a message like "this feature has been disabled by the admin" or something like that.

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Re: This is an important but overlooked tool
by kol on Saturday 12/Apr/2008, @08:03

How does it work, does it show a lock icon in place of the greyed out checkbox?

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Re: This is an important but overlooked tool
by trg on Saturday 12/Apr/2008, @09:34

Well, here is one example:

Say we want to restrict user's ability to change display settings. Instead of taking away all the possibilities to get to the settings dialog the user would be presented with a greyed out dialog along with a message that "The administrator has restricted access to these settings." (or something else along those lines).

In this case the curious user might think something like "Ok, I can undestand why the restricted access here, but this "Linux system" is pretty cool nonetheless. I should try it at home.".

But if the settings are totally inaccessible the user might think "Nah, there is nothing here. Linux sucks. No wonder nobody's using it except for this damn school of mine.".

Oh, and BTW. My example is pretty much in line with the standard behaviour of the KDE control panel. Just take a look at the settings that require root access...

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