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Optimizing the Oracle® Solaris Desktop for a Multi-User Environment

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Updated: October 2017
 
 

Desktop Preferences

The following desktop preferences are modified by the gnome/config/gconf/multi-user-desktop package.

  • Default preferences.

  • Mandatory preferences.


Note -  You can modify the value of desktop preferences by using the gconftool-2 utility. For more information about the gconftool-2 utility, see the gconftool-2 (1) man page.

Default Preferences

Any user can modify the preference value. You need not be a system administrator to modify the preference value. The following table lists the default preferences.

Table 1  Default Preferences
GConf Key.
Key Type.
Optimized Value.
Default value.
/desktop/gnome/background/color_shading_type.
string.
solid.
solid.
/desktop/gnome/background/picture_options.
string.
none.
zoom.
/desktop/gnome/background/primary_color.
string.
#000000.
#76848F.
/desktop/gnome/background/draw_background.
bool.
false.
true.
/desktop/gnome/font_rendering/hinting.
string.
none.
full.
/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds.
bool.
false.
N/A.

Mandatory Preferences

A standard user cannot modify the value of the preference. Only the system administrator can modify the preference value. The following table lists the mandatory preferences.

Table 2  Mandatory Preferences
GConf Key.
Key Type.
Optimized Value.
Default value.
/desktop/gnome/multi-user-desktop/version.
int.
1.
N/A.
/desktop/gnome/interface/enable_animations.
bool.
false.
true.
/desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons.
bool.
true.
true.
/apps/gnome-session/options/logout_effect.
string.
black.
N/A.
/apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources.
bool.
true.
false.
/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_run_dialog.
string.
disabled.
[Alt]F2.
/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_run_dialog_list.
string.
disabled.
[Mod4]r.
/apps/nautilus/preferences/show_directory_item_counts.
string.
never.
local_only.
/apps/nautilus/preferences/show_icon_text.
string.
never.
local_only.
/apps/nautilus/preferences/show_image_thumbnails.
string.
never.
local_only.
/apps/nautilus/preferences/preview_sound.
string.
never.
local_only.
/apps/nautilus/preferences/background_fade.
bool.
false.
true.
/apps/panel/global/enable_animations.
bool.
false.
true.
/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager.
string.
metacity.
N/A.
/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/filemanager.
string.
nautilus.
N/A.
/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/panel.
string.
gnome-panel.
gnome-panel.
/apps/panel/global/locked_down.
bool.
true.
false.
/desktop/gnome/lockdown/restrict_application_launching.
bool.
true.
false.

Note - 
  • The following mandatory preferences do not affect system administrators:.

    • /apps/panel/global/locked_down.

    • /desktop/gnome/lockdown/restrict_application_launching.

  • The /desktop/gnome/lockdown/allowed_applications preference is required for optimization. However, this preference is delivered as a part of the library/gnome/gnome-libs package and is not modified by the group/feature/multi-user-desktop package.

    To understand how to modify the /desktop/gnome/lockdown/allowed_applications preference, see Restricting Applications.