[Kde-kiosk] Simple Lock down?

[Angus Clarke]

Well guys, thanks for the advice,

It sounds like I am thinking about this the wrong way. Perhaps you may 
comment on my goals:

1) To setup terminal window access to run a curses based application 
(Konsole will only need to run the app. and exit, - thanks for your 
concerns Bill, you are quite right)

2) To give users Internet Access / Email (Mozilla was suggested, simply 
because I use it all the time.)

3) Remove as much other functionality as possible.

Using RedHat 9.0 (I know they are abandoning their product range) or 
Mandrake 9.1 (Chapter 11 etc.) - I need to use a standard distro. for 
familiarity to my support staff.

VNC supporting terminals (Axel 3000 - very good if you haven't seen 
them, they use standard PS/2 keyboards/mice and standard PC monitor's)

I don't know how to remove all the applications from the Kpanel (and not 
allowing users to re-add applications), removing "right click 
functionality" from the desktop etc. etc.

Many thanks

Angus Clarke


Bill Kendrick wrote:

>There is a Mozilla kiosk 'chrome' (I guess is what you'd call it) out there,
>which I guess has gotten pretty good.  (When I was looking into setting up
>a kiosk, KDE's was much better, and was 99% fully functional by the time
>we rolled the machine out, over a year ago.)
>
>
>What boggles me, though, is why one would want to allow someone to run
>a _terminal_ on a 'locked down' system?  You had better have THAT locked
>down very well, too, otherwise it's like leaving the keys in the ignition! :)
>
>-bill!
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