Ok, I definitely need to make myself clearer.
What I want to create (but I'm just toying around with the idea now),
is a program that a parent can set up to run automatically when their
child logs in, and it will let the user (in this case the child) execute
approved programs (in this case by the parent). So this would be a sort
of child friendly launcher, which hides itself when launching a program,
and makes itself visible again when the child process dies. The purpose
of this program (aside from being fun) is for parents to allow their
young child to use the computer, but without the child having access to
the "Switch User" feature of X, UNLESS the parent uses a key combination
to get out of the program (without necessarily quitting).
There's a bit more to the program than that, but what I'm asking is
how can I make this launcher (written in C) execute any other program
while restricting the user's input to the foreground program.
-Aidan
Zane Gilmore wrote:
I would have thought that you would want to restrict the user input
inside the program you are
calling.
Maybe some method of rewriting the Linux keymap then restoring it on exit.
But I don't know much about that.
You would need safeguards to handle crashes etc though. :-)
As for limiting the windowing stuff... dunno
Good luck,
Zane
Aidan Gauland wrote:
Hello,
First of all: if there is someone on this list, who knows of a
general Linux programmers mailing list, then please tell me about it.
Now the question: I know there's some standard C function for
executing a program, but I want to, from within my C program, execute
a program, but restricting the user's input to that program. That
probably isn't very clear, but I'm trying to make a child-safe
kiosk-like program, so maybe that will make my question a little clearer.
-Aidan
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