Creating a very isolated desktop: disable Window operations menu

[P. H. Madore]

If you only want to run a single application, it may be worthwhile to just
launch that application from a base terminal and not use a DE at all.

*phm* <http://phmadore.com>

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 4:17 AM, Danny Smit <danny.smit.0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to configure an Xfce4 desktop running on CentOS 7, such
> that the allowed actions of certain users are very limited. I only
> want a single application (with subwindows) to be run, while limiting
> access to other functionality of the system and desktop.
>
> I tried getting the kiosk mode to work by following these steps:
> https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/kiosk_mode
> but it doesn't seem to react to the kioskrc configuration file at all.
> I'm probably not doing it right, allthough I thought I was following
> those instructions to the letter.
>
> Therefore I resorted to turning of options trough the user
> configuration in the user's home directory and was able to provide a
> desktop with most of the options disabled. However one of the things I
> wasn't able to disable yet is the "Window operations menu" that opens
> when a user right-clicks on the titlebar.
>
> Therefore I'm looking for some answers to the following questions:
>
> 1. Could it be that kiosk mode doesn't work in the CentOS 7 context?
> Or that the configuration at the wiki doesn't match anymore?
> 2. Is it even possible to disable the "Window operations menu" through
> configuration?
> 3. Probably the answer to the previous question will be "no" I think.
> What would it take to add disabling the "Window operations menu" as a
> configuration option? (probably more of a developers question?)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Danny Smit
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