GNOME Desktop System Administration Guide
Tools
What tool can I use to explore gsettings values?
What happened to ~/.xsession-errors?
Which tool can I use to create or modify dconf profiles?
Processes
Which processes should I expect to see running in a pristine, stock
GNOME session?
User settings
Edit the GDM custom configuration file.
Set system-wide default values using dconf's key file directories
Use the lockdown mode in dconf to prevent users from changing specific settings.
How can I set system-wide power management settings that can't be
modified by users?
How can I set system-wide screen saver locking settings that can't be
modified by users?
Update the system configuration for dconf to store user settings in a Network File System home directory.
Default appearance
Make extra fonts available to users
How do I make extra backgrounds available to my users?
Set the default desktop background using a GSettings override
The login screen
Edit a GDM dconf profile to display an image on the login screen.
Edit a GDM dconf profile to display a text banner on the login screen.
Edit the GDM dconf profile
Install a desktop session file.
Populate the keyboard layout chooser on the login screen.
Specify the default session for a user.
Network
How do I preconfigure my Samba printer
How do I preconfigure VPN for all my users?
How do I make it easy for my users to access file shares?
About
© 2012 Matthias Clasen
© 2012 Michael Hill
© 2012 Ray Strode
Written By
- Matthias Clasen
- Michael Hill
- Ray Strode
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