[CentOS] lock down gnome-screensaver

Thu Apr 24 14:36:26 UTC 2014
Johan Vermeulen <jvermeulen at cawdekempen.be>

Hello All,

I'm trying to set defaults for gnome-screensaver on some Centos6.5 
laptops and lock it down with these commands:

# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source 
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type boolean --set 
/apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_enabled true

# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source 
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type boolean  --set 
/apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_activation_enabled true

# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source 
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type int  --set 
/apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_delay 20

The first two commands work, in the screensaver-preferences window, 
these settings get grayed-out.
But the idle_delay 20 command does not work, users can still change the 
setting to let's say 1 minute.

Does anybody know how to do this?

Greetings, J.

-- 
Johan Vermeulen
IT-medewerker
Caw De Kempen
johan.vermeulen at cawdekempen.be
0479.82.01.41

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