Enable minimize and maximize buttons for all users

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Hello

I have installed Rocky w/s 9.3 on a number of computers in a lab. Users are logging with ldap accounts. I have successfully installed the gnome-extensions and create the file /etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-extensions and place the extensions.
Now I want to have the minimize/maximize button setup for all the users. I have installed the gnome-tweaks but is only enabled for the logged user.
How can I setup globally for all users, so as the buttons be available for all of them?

Thank you in advance

Maria

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Good afternoon, generally if you want to make an extension globally accessible it should be placed in /usr/share/

In this case I presume would be /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions

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It is possible to create machine-wide settings by making a file in /etc/dconf/db/local.d with the correct data. For example.

% vi /etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-extension
[/org/gnome/shell]
enabled-extensions=['dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com', 'multi-monitors-add-on@spin83', 'impatience@gfxmonk.net']
% dconf update

This would make these three extensions enabled by default, globally. A user would then need to use gnome-tweaks to disable the extension, which then makes a disabled-extensions=... key in their user dconf db.

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Add another dconf config file. The configuration is in the following namespace:

$ dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/button-layout
'appmenu:minimize,maximize,close'
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Thank you Ritov ,
I created the file /etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-minmaxbutton with the following content

[org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences]
button-layout=‘:minimize,maximize,close’

and seems to working

Thank you
M.

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