13.5. Locking Down Printing

Procedure 13.5. Locking Down the org.gnome.desktop.lockdown.disable-printing Key

1. Create the user profile if it already does not exist (/etc/dconf/profile/user):
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   user-db:user
   system-db:local
   

2. Create a local database for machine-wide settings in etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-lockdown:
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   [org/gnome/desktop/lockdown]
     
   # Prevent applications from printing
   disable-printing=true
   

3. Override the user's setting and prevent the user from changing it in /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/lockdown:
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   # List the keys used to configure lockdown
   /org/gnome/desktop/lockdown/disable-printing
   

4. Update the system databases by running
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   # dconf update