I think you should figure out sabayon more it should work since you even have the pcs purchased.
Otherwise you could have used thin clients(remote desktop connections) for that type of work all new accounts can be set as remote users hence they cannot change anything that would affect your system. this works for both windows and linux (atleast with ubuntu i have tried). On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 9:17 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. > -- You always have a choice choose the right one though
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