Newbie stumper -- preventing users from exiting a kisok browser
Darrell Eifert <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.kde.kiosk |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi all -- I'm trying to set up a simple KDE based kiosk for our library on-line catalog using Kubuntu Dapper. Although I have minimal experience with Linux, it seems from my reading that a KDE environment would be ideal for this sort of thing. With that in mind, I would like to see the following things happen at boot time: 1) automatically log-in to a restricted or basic user account 2) automatically run Konqueror or Firefox and point to our on-line catalog home page - our catalog is a plain-vanilla set of HTML pages. 3) only allow access to the on-line catalog and a handful of selected database sites 4) prevent any other application from running 5) prevent users from exiting the catalog, while enabling a staff shut-down via password Some of the steps I've already completed - I can do auto login, auto launch and restricted site access via proxy settings. What I can't locate is information on steps 4 and 5 - locking out all applications except for the browser and preventing users from closing it down. I've downloaded and successfully compiled the Kiosk Admin Tool, so I would welcome suggestions from anyone who has successfully done these steps with that application. Thanks to all who respond. Darrell Eifert Head of Adult Services Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH