[TriLUG] Linux question!!!

Evan Thomson quamper at gmail.com
Fri May 25 09:38:41 EDT 2007


KDE + http://extragear.kde.org/apps/kiosktool/

That should do everything you want. locking down everything + url
restrictions

I've got some kiosks doing exactly they same type of thing you are talking
about. They're set up to autologin and launch konq upon boot and only access
a local intranet.

The people using them don't even know it's Linux.

On 5/25/07, William Sutton <william at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> Thoughts at a possible approach:
>
> > launch a browser that:
> >
> > 1. can't be turned off/shut down by the user (or would automatically
> > re-launch after being shut off)
>
> - start a script from .Xsession that:
>     - launches the browser
>     - polls periodically to see if the browser is running and starts a new
>       instance if not
>
> > 2. is the only application that the default user can launch
>
> - disable all menu items except the browser (or maybe all menu items in
>   general?)
>
> > 3. can't go to any URL except the security server for camera monitoring
>
> - has the default hope page set to whatever page you want
> - has the browser preferences (except for cache) owned by a different
>   user/group so they can't change any settings
>
> >
> > How would I go about configuring such a beast?
> >
> > The Linux machine will also have to connect to the network via wireless.
> > Are there any USB wireless adapters that work well with Linux these
> days?
> >
>
>
> William Sutton
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