On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 10:57 -0400, Clint Harshaw wrote: > Christopher A. Williams wrote: > [...]] > > In short, I think Mr. Swallow and others have it right. Now that we > > know, if you use FC in the workplace and know one or more screen savers > > would be inappropriate there, simply disable those screen savers. I'd > > also be sure to let others in the workplace know so they are able to do > > the same. > > ..OK - I'm going back to my corner. Flame away if you like. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > No flames at all, Chris. It was a well-stated position that you wrote. > > It is indeed easy to temporarily disable that particular screensaver -- > but easy to put back into place by a user. Is there a way to disable it > for all users of multiple-user desktops (say in a school library or > computer lab)? > > It's somewhat disappointing and embarassing to learn that such a Beavis > & Butthead level of middle-school locker room humor made it into a > distro that I've been touting to my institution and colleagues as a > professional and cost-effective alternative to their existing OS. And > I'm glad to learn of it now, than after a school official or parent or > student made the discovery first and raised the roof. I'm not > hand-wringing over this, but it pays to have a healthy-level of > anticipation to head off situations before they become real problems. > > So the question that I have is this: Those of us in situations that this > particular screensaver could present issues need to be able to disable > it for all users. Is there a rpm -e like command that will get rid of > it, while still keeping the other screensavers? There is an rm command: rm /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/glsnake. If you want something more fancy, you could always grab the src.rpm and perform whatever magic necessary to build a binary rpm without glsnake. Though, if you're paranoid, you probably want to disable all screensavers other than blank screen or something, otherwise a user might insert their own text in a textual screensave (as I have done, providing excerpts from the 48 Laws of Power :))
