Ubuntu – System settings menu Ubuntu 14.04

system-settings

Is it normal to have such a reduced system settings menu in Ubuntu 14.04?
No options for keyboard, sounds…

right click on shut down and then selection on system settings

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I noticed in the comments TuKsn mentioned to use

gksu unity-control-center

You said this came up with an error. Instead, try the following:

sudo apt-get install unity-control-center

If you do not yet have it installed, it will ask if you wish to install it (y/n). If you do have it installed, which is likely, it will make sure you have the newest version. Some of the solutions found at Missing System Settings after removing some packages may also help.

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Ubuntu – Appearance icon has disappeared from system settings menu

Sorry about this I figured it out.

I was missing the packages:

gnome-control-center-signon

and

gnome-control-center-unity

When I installed them appearances reappeared.

Ubuntu – Prevent users from accessing “System Settings”

Changing permissions to 700 for /usr/bin/gnome-control-center would help you restrict the normal users gain access.
However that goes out for all the settings, and users wont be able to set other settings like the display or keyboard.

Another good way is to define user group and change the ownership of gnome-control-center to those groups. and then add the permissible user to the group. the full description is here.

We have done is created groups with certain admin privileges and managed centrally using/etc/sudoers where in entries are whitelisted and provided on need basis.
For example:
Including the line :

$admin=ALL=(ALL) ALL `!/usr/bin/gnome-control-center`

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