Chapter 13. Customizing GNOME Desktop Features

Procedure 13.1. Configuring Online Accounts

1. If you do not have the gnome-online-accounts package on your system, install it by running the following command as root:

   # yum install gnome-online-accounts

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2. Create a keyfile for the local database in /etc/dconf/db/local.d/goa, which contains the following configuration:
   • For selectively enabling a few providers only:

     [org/gnome/online-accounts]
     whitelisted-providers= ['google', 'facebook']
     

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   • For disabling all providers:

     [org/gnome/online-accounts]
     whitelisted-providers= ['']

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   • For allowing all available providers:

     [org/gnome/online-accounts]
     whitelisted-providers= ['all']

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3. Lock down the settings to prevent users from overriding them.
   1. If it does not exist, create a new directory named /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/.
   2. Create a new file in /etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/goa with the following contents:

      # Prevent users from changing values for the following key:
      /org/gnome/online-accounts

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4. Update the system databases for the changes to take effect:

   # dconf update

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5. Users must log out and back in again before the system-wide settings take effect.