Re: to disable applescript
Re: to disable applescript
- Subject: Re: to disable applescript
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:48:22 -0500
On Feb 24, 2005, at 11:52 AM, email@hidden
wrote:
Monitoring a network of 600 high school students with iBooks. They have
"student" accounts with limitations on the programs they can run.
Students have figured out how to write an applescript (and use
terminal) to tell computer to open their downloaded games, etc.
I have been using ARD to send a UNIX command (rm -rf
/Applications/AppleScript ) with fair success. It doesn't always seem
to work.
Questions:
1. Wondering if anyone has a suggestion for the next image (a net boot
is not an option, simple finder is not preferred) to plug some of these
holes so we can put limitations on the student iBooks without disabling
them to the point where it is a glorified typewriter. (ie we limited
terminal access but typing telnet: in the url bar of safari bypasses
security.)
2. Wondering if there are any other folks out there who are working in
high schools with 1:1 laptops interested in a more specific dialogue
for our "unique" challenges that we face.
You could use the Unix "find" command in a shell script to find all
application files in the student's home directory. Compare this list
to a list of "approved" applications. Delete any that aren't on the
list. Use cron to run this script on an hourly basis. Alternatively,
don't allow ANY applications in the student's home directory, use the
"find" to find any and delete them all.
This assumes, of course, that the student accounts are not admin
accounts. Admin accounts can gain access to everything on the machine
and bypass whatever you might do.
Marc [2/24/05 4:48:10 PM]
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