Protect Gnome Screen Saver Settings

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Published on 2009-11-04T16:01:03Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 16:11 UTC
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By default in Gnome standard users can access their screensaver preferences and change settings such as the idle time and whether or not it locks the screen.

I desire to set the screensaver settings as the root user for each user and only allow the root user to adjust them. What is the best (read: simplest + fool proof) way to accomplish this?

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