Re: Protecting display settings in Squirrelmail

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>>>> I am trying to figure out how to prevent Squirrelmail users from
>>>> changing their Display Preferences.  If that is not possible, I would
>>>> like to change them back to default settings.
>>>>
>>>> I have experimented with the forced_prefs plugin, but have not been
>>>> able to understand how it is supposed to works.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried disabling write access to the
>>>> /var/lib/squirrelmail/dat/myuser.pref file, but that seems to break
>>>> other things in Squirrelmail.
>>>>
>>>> I am now considering letting the users change what they want, but then
>>>> copying a default prefs file back over their user prefs file.
>>>>
>>>> I am setting up shared mail accounts that will each be used by several
>>>> people, and I do not one of them to change the display settings, since
>>>> that would confuse the next user.
>>>>
>>>> I thought the forced_prefs plugin was what I needed, but I am having a
>>>> hard time grasping how it works (I'm new to SM).
>>>>
>>>> Is there a prefered way to do this?
>>>
>>> Which display setting must be protected? All of them?
>>
>> All would be fine.
>
> $fp_removed_optpage_urls = array('options.php?optpage=display');
>
> Such setting will hide display options block from end users. If users know
> how SquirrelMail works, they still can access it.

The new (not yet released) version of Login Manager can *enforce*
option pages being hidden.  The Forced Prefs plugin could be fixed
similarly.

> If you want to enforce all display settings, set all display settings that
> you want to enforce in $fp_forced_settings array

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