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I want to be able to prohibit the change of the order of the icons in the launcher and from people changing the home page in firefox. Is there a way to do this?

So far I figured out a way to do it so that when they change the desktop background when they reboot it will go back to the default background no matter what. Can I use the same method for icons etc. if so how would i start the code?

Code for background:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///usr/share/backgrounds/ubuntu_1.jpg"
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  • Would you want the entire Firefox preferences and settings to be reset, or just the homepage? I don't think this is possible to not permit the changing of this setting (same with the launcher). – Wilf Jul 24 '14 at 16:59
  • The entire firefox preferences and settings to be reset. – Moktao Jul 24 '14 at 17:02

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For the launcher, it can be easily set like this:

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites "['application://nautilus.desktop', 'application://firefox.desktop', 'application://libreoffice-writer.desktop', 'application://unity-control-center.desktop', 'unity://running-apps', 'application://gnome-terminal.desktop', 'unity://expo-icon', 'unity://devices']"

I covered this more in my answer here.

As for the Firefox home page, that is set in the profile settings so is harder to set directly using a command. A simple way round this would be to remove the Firefox profiles using this command:

rm -r ~/.mozilla/firefox

Don't run this on a system where you want to keep your Firefox settings etc intact.

This can be added to 'Startup Applications' to remove the Firefox profiles on login. This has to be added wrapped in bash -c "... ..." so it executes correctly:

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Also note a alternative to all this may be to create a Guest Account

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  • Quick question; I used the launcher code you gave me and added the applications I needed. But there is one application I added that doesn't seem to work and that is the calculator.

    'code' gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites "['application://firefox.desktop', 'application://skype.desktop', 'application://vlc.desktop', 'application://calculator.desktop', 'unity://running-apps', 'unity://expo-icon', 'unity://devices']"

     – Moktao Jul 24 '14 at 19:09
  • That does work (in 14.04 atleast - I might of miss-copied the one in this version, try the fully detailed referenced version of my answer (thats also details how to get the launcher as you want it set up). (Edit: yeah, i missed out a ") – Wilf Jul 24 '14 at 19:12
  • I am using 14.04 and used that exact code but the calculator won't show up. Everything else that I want to show up is showing up. Thanks for all your help! It is greatly appreciated it! – Moktao Jul 24 '14 at 19:24
  • @Moktao - your welcome :) getting the output from the get command is the best way - remember to check the quotes... – Wilf Jul 24 '14 at 19:29