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<info>
<link type="guide" xref="software#management" />
<link type="guide" xref="user-settings#lockdown"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.30" date="2019-02-08" status="review"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Petr Kovar</name>
<email>pknbe@volny.cz</email>
<years>2014</years>
</credit>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
<years>2014</years>
</credit>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Jana Svarova</name>
<email>jana.svarova@gmail.com</email>
<years>2015</years>
</credit>
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<desc>Prevent users from accessing the command-line.</desc>
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<title>Disable command-line access</title>
<p>To disable command-line access for your desktop user, you need to make
configuration changes in a number of different contexts. Bear in mind that the
following steps do not remove the desktop user's permissions to access a
command line, but rather remove the ways that the desktop user could access
the command line.</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>Set the <code>org.gnome.desktop.lockdown.disable-command-line</code>
GSettings key, which prevents the user from accessing the terminal or
specifying a command line to be executed (the <keyseq><key>Alt</key>
<key>F2</key></keyseq> command prompt).</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Prevent users from accessing the <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key>
</keyseq> command prompt.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Disable switching to virtual terminals (VTs) with the <keyseq>
<key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key><var>function key</var></key></keyseq>
shortcuts by modifying the X server configuration.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Remove <app>Terminal</app> and all other terminal applications from
the <gui>Activities</gui> overview in GNOME Shell. You will also need to
prevent the user from installing a new terminal application.</p>
<comment>
<cite>Petr Kovar</cite>
<p>We have yet to cover removing a menu item in this guide. We don’t
want system admins having to modify .desktop files as those could be
overwritten on system update.</p>
</comment>
</item>
</list>
<section id="command-prompt">
<title>Disable the command prompt</title>
<steps>
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<item>
<p>Create a <sys>local</sys> database for machine-wide settings in
<file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-lockdown</file>:</p>
<code># Specify the dconf path
[org/gnome/desktop/lockdown]
# Disable the command prompt
disable-command-line=true</code>
</item>
<item>
<p>Override the user’s setting and prevent the user from changing it in
<file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/lockdown</file>:</p>
<code># List the keys used to configure lockdown
/org/gnome/desktop/lockdown/disable-command-line</code>
</item>
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</steps>
</section>
<section id="virtual-terminal">
<title>Disable dropping to a virtual terminal</title>
<p>Users can normally use the
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key><var>function
key</var></key></keyseq> shortcuts (for example,
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>) to switch from
the GNOME desktop to a virtual terminal.</p>
<p>If the computer is running the <em>X Window System</em>, you can disable
access to all virtual terminals by adding a <code>DontVTSwitch</code> option
to the <code>Serverflags</code> section in an X configuration file in the
<file>/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/</file> directory.</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Create or edit an X configuration file in
<file>/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/</file>. For example,
<file>/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-xorg.conf</file>:</p>
<listing>
<title><file>/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-xorg.conf</file></title>
<code>Section "Serverflags"
Option "DontVTSwitch" "yes"
EndSection
</code>
</listing>
</item>
<item>
<p>Restart the X server for the changes to take effect.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
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