Re: securing desktop
- From: Wei Chen <wchenhk@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 14:08:26 +0800
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Mark Grieveson wrote:
I guess it depends on what they use the computer for. If it is only
for browsing the web and using webmail, then you might want to
consider looking at kiosktool (for KDE) or pessulus (for GNOME).
I've not used either personally, but I have seen machines running KDE
in kiosk mode and the setup is quite nice.
Thanks. I'll look into pessulus. It's a shame that it doesn't appear
to lock the desktop, though. But, locking the panels is a start.
You may try this:
1. first configure all the settings well
2. copy all files in the user's home directory to a only-root-writable place
3. write a script that:
3.1. remove everything in the guest's home directory, except for example
a directory that they can store their own files (e.g. `~guest/data/')
3.2. copy the files that are stored in step 2 back to the user's home
directory
4. run the script that are written in step 3 whenever the settings
should be reset (e.g. when every time the system boots)
HTH
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Cheers,
Wei Chen
http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
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