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[edubuntu] Edubuntu 12.04 - Thin Client Set Up

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi, I have set up a classroom with 30 thin clients. I have about 150 users whose accounts have been created using Webmin for convenience. Each of these users is a member of the student group, which was done so that a restricted specific menu is displayed when a student logs in. This works fine. I wish to restrict each student to accessing their home folder only, as from what I can see they can access the entire file system should they wish to at present. Could someone suggest the easiest way to achieve this, either by a change to each account or by virtue that they are all membe (Hardware)

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