On Sunday 16 November 2003 17:35, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Second, you're all thinking too high tech and too big. Think smaller. My
> dad has some involvement with a small hotel in Palm Springs. We were
> looking at setting up a small Gentoo box for taking reservations and
> just front desk stuff. Bits of email, html access to a few things.
> Nothing major, but not run by a techie. Just run by a front desk worker.
> The computer would be locked under the counter (under normal conditions)
> but pretty much always running. If it goes down, she unlocks the cabinet
> and reboots it.
in a non technical way I will go for a graphical login like kdm, gdm or xdm,
that also prevents a user from using the 'complicated' console. Then logging
out of X, using the normal exit / logoff button or by pressing
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace will give you the login back. And as others have pointed
out: to be a bit more secure you can prevent the virtual console switching by
putting DontVtSwitch in your XF86config.
Rudmer
>
> However, she's going to walk away from the counter now and then. it's
> not practical to assume she'll log it off every time she does, so
> xscreensaver runs and locks the screen after 5 minutes. No big deal.
>
> The question is more like what happens at lunch time, or in the middle
> of the afternoon when she's gone off to help someone by the pool, or
> late at night, in this lobby, when no one is there and someone sneaks
> behind the counter to play games with the box?
>
> I just want it *secure*. I don't need it to be ***SECURE***. (I think!)
>
> I don't want a Linux knowledgeable person to be able to break into it by
> touching the keyboard or mouse in any way. The reservation system might
> be on this computer, or credit card numbers might be on it. I don't know
> what they'll put on it. I'm just sort of setting up a test box for them
> to play with. What they do with it is their business. I'm just doing the
> front end work and thinking about the problems.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
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