Hi Neil, I developed something very similar for International Medical Group which they have used successfully at multiple sites for a few years. It's a kiosk style system based on Debian Linux which has a custom interface, access restrictions, etc.
I would be happy to adjust it to your environment. Contact me off-list if you're interested. Regards, Kyle Spencer On May 11, 2013 9:18 AM, "Neil Blazevic" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi LUGers, > > My office currently offers a semi-public resource centre containing 6 > computers which allows people to come in, browse the internet, work on > their documents, print, etc. They computers are all running Windows XP with > users signed into guest accounts. After spending the last two days cleaning > viruses from the computers and from colleagues flash drives, I'm looking at > a new solution. I've seen systems like Deep Freeze which might be suitable > to keep the Windows boxes running. On the other hand I'd be happy to switch > them over to a Linux based system, for security and stability. > > Does anyone have suggestions for running a system which would restrict the > user abilities on a Linux OS? I think our needs are fairly simple. We're > not interested in tracking usage time or charging customers (a la an > internet cafe). I realize a networked solution would allow users to create > accounts and access their files from any of the computers, but I'd also be > interested in a non-networked setup (for ease of implementation). > > Basically I'm looking for a way to set up a user account on a Linux OS > which only has access to a certain set of applications and won't have the > rights to change or add software, install browser plugins, etc. I'd be > happy to hear about networked solutions as well (a la public library, > internet cafe). > > Thanks for your consideration! > Neil > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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