Re: [Kde-kiosk] temporary switching off kiosk restrictions via hotkey and special kiosk password [auf Viren überprüf t]

[Martijn Dekkers]

alternatively, you use a different login, or ssh. Works for us.


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:55:15 +0100, Reinhard Hennig
<reinhard.hennig at ofd-sth.niedersachsen.de> wrote:
> Hi everyone !
> 
> We are planning to use a restricted KDE-desktop on linux for up to 12000
> users.
> A useful feature for us might be to implement a temporary switching-off
> kiosk-restrictions.
> This would mean, kiosk restriction can be switched off during a session
> using
> a special hotkey that causes a popup window requesting a special "kiosk
> password" that might
> be different from the systems root password.
> After having finished  your work a special hotkey should reactivate the
> restrictions again.
> This feature might be helpful for diagnostics because it enables a shell
> for the administrator or developer if shell access is forbidden.
> 
> B. G.
> Reinhard Hennig
> 
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