On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 11:24 pm, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: > I'm not sure if a kiosk is what will solve my problem. Advice would be > very appreciated. > > Here's the problem: I am putting a linux pc in our fab (semiconductor) as > a test to prove to management that linux is a viable, inexpensive option to > utilize in our manufacturing plant. (verses new xterms at $6K or more a > pop, new servers, or new windows pizza boxes). I need to prevent the > technicians from hacking the box, from surfing, from installing ... you > name it. They need to be able to run ONLY the guis/programs that allow > manufacturing to continue smoothly. > > What is the best way to have the machine automatically boot into a window > manager that has only a background menu pick that I can program? It does > not have to start any software upon restart but that would be a plus. > > Thanks. > > Jeanie
Something like this ? http://www.oeone.com/products/desktop.html It uses Mozilla as a sort of centralised interface to apps. Works on RedHat and now also Mandrake. Alternatively you could just define user accounts which have a limited set of menu items, and no shell available. If you modify the users 'PATH' to remove /usr/bin for example, then they will be unable to run any application other than ones you specifically put in their path by creating a symlink from the application to some directory in their PATH. Look at /etc/profile to see the PATH available to all users, and ~/.bash_profile to see how the PATH is modified for individual users. derek
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