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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I currently downloaded kiosktools 1.0 and have found there
is little documentation as of right now. I have been trying to search the
archives for information to help me, but I am not getting what I need. I
am glad the mailing list is active.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am running CentOS 4.1 with KDE 3.3.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I created a local user “shop”, and then while
logged into KDE as root, I created a profile “shop” within the kiosktools.
Just before creating the profile, I receive an message about the /etc/skel/.kde</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There seems to be a conflict with something in AutoStart/Autorun.desktop.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Also, after going through and disabling what I can
with the kiosktools, I go into profile properties and the information is as
follows:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Profile name: shop</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Files in this profile will be owned by: root</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Directory for this profile: /etc/kde-profile/default</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Under ASSIGN PROFILES</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have no group policies, and under individual user policies
I have:</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>User: shop</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Profile: default</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I know I have a lot more locking down to do because the “shop”
user is still able to access games and anything under the menu. I do see
where some of the lock downs are working b/c the user is unable to do anything
with “right clicks.” There are some other locks down that are
working. The biggest problem is, now for every profile that logs into
KDE, the Kiosk settings I want for only the “shop” user are spread
across the board. Even when I log into KDE as root, I have the same
features locked down. I have to login under Gnome in order to pull up a
terminal and try to make configuration changes to kiosktool. I am not
sure how effective this really is because I am not logged in under the KDE environment.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am not sure what I need to do in order to develop a KDE
profile with restrictions that do not spread to the other profiles on the system.
Also, for some more clarity for myself. From what I can see, I will not
be able to remotely manage kiosk systems with this program. Finally,
there is a section where you can upload the ‘profile’ to a remote
server. I am guessing this for using the same profile on multiple
computers?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any comments or suggestions are welcome…thanks</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Casey</span></font></p>
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