Hi, We currently setting up a network using ubuntu and we wanted to apply program install restriction on it. However, we got a computer that run AutoCAD and thus we install wine, thus the user can bypass the software install restriction by installing exe files. In mac OS X there is a program called wine bottler that can embed wine to the exe progrum, thus eliminating the need to install wine on the target computer. My question is: Would anyone know whether there is a program similar to winebottler for Ubuntu or if you know how to do this by yourself? Thank you for your time and input. Cheers, erick
pouvouv wrote:> we wanted to apply program install restriction on it.No such thing on *NIX. I can install any program into my home directory. And unless you make my home directory 1MB big, you won't prevent me from doing such installs.[/quote]
WineBottler, and Wineskin do not actually embed Wine into a .exe or anything of the sort. Mac OS X has special way it handles programs in a ".app" known as an Application Bundle. It is actually just a folder set up the right way so the OS treats it like a program instead of a folder. It looks like a file or single program, and you double click it to run it, but its really just a folder with certain things in the right places inside... You could probably do something similar on Linux, but it would be a folder.. with a start up script you double click.. that sets things right and has Wine and all needed stuff in a subfolder inside.