Multiple logins on same ID

[Michael A. Peters]

On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 17:42 +0530, Saurabh Jain (सौरभ जैन) wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I run a diskless cluster where all clients boot from the same Fedora
> installation. Is it safe to let multiple people login with the same
> ID, and use Gnome and OO? They will be sharing the same user home
> directory.

Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

> 
> Also, is there a way to disable users from changing their Gnome and
> other preferences? Most of my users are school children, using the
> same login on multiple computers. When one kid changes the desktop
> background on one terminal, the next time round, everyone's desktop
> background changes. I want to prohibit such changes.

And what happens when one kid accidentally deletes something another kid
is working on?