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Re: [seul-edu] Classroom net administration



To all:
    In a previous message I asked about the inability of my old 486's to run Xconfigurator. Y'all were correct that the problem was in the video system. I'm working on getting some more up-to-date video cards. Thanks! 
    All of you seem far ahead of me in Linux knowledge. Can somebody please give suggestions about the following?
1. I now have 6 Pentiums and a 486 server working in my classroom. I would like to set up on each machine a user id with math software on it, and a separate id with games and internet. (I hope to eventually give each student a unique id.) As SU, is there a way to customize Gnome so that different user id's would have different menus giving access to only the programs I want them to have?  
2. I want to control access from the server so the kids can't play games when they are supposed to be learning math. I have been told that NIS is the way to go, but when I try to set it up it says I need to compile it. When I try, I get various configuration errors and don't have a clue what to do. Is there some easy to follow script or documentation showing how to set up NIS or some comparable access control system? 
 
Thanks,
 
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com
http://www.originsresource.org