Upgrading Fedora - Remote Desktop Configuration (part b)

Posted in How To's by Shafkat Shahzad, M.Sc - Senior Technical Content Manager on September 19th, 2009

Welcome to the tutorial guide. The guide will provide a user with instructions and information on how to configure a remote desktop.
Disable history listing in Console mode
If you would like to disable history listing in Console mode, then please run following command:
rm -f $HOME/.bash_history
touch $HOME/.bash_history
chmod 000 $HOME/.bash_history
If you would like to disable Ctrl+Alt+Del from restarting computer in Console mode, then please run following command:
su -c ‘cp /etc/inittab /etc/inittab_backup’
su -c ‘gedit /etc/inittab’

-now, please find following line

ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

-After finding the line, please replace with the following line
#ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

-Now, please save the edited line

su -c ‘telinit q’
If you would like to enable prompt before removal/overwritten of files/folders in Console mode, then please run following command:
gedit /someuser/.bashrc
-now, please find this line
#User specific aliases and functions
-After finding the line, please add the following line below it
alias rm=’rm -i’
alias cp=’cp -i’
alias mv=’mv -i’
-now, please save the edited file

If you have following the steps as provided in this tutorial guide, then you will have successfully configured the remote desktop.

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