Re: [Fwd: RE: GNOME 2.0 System Admin Guide.]

["Eugene O'Connor" <eugene oconnor sun com>]

Hi Jens,

I can see how GConf will help to create a kiosk, but AFAIK there are no
options that you can set to stop people moving applets, panels, and so
on. I could be wrong about that though ...

In any case, thanks for the information - I'll be happy to take you up
on your offer of help when I get to work on this.

Eugene 

Jens Knutson wrote:
> 
> Didn't realize you had sent your message to the gnome-doc list until I
> had just finished clicking "send", so I'm forwarding my response here
> now.
> 
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> 
> > From: Jens Knutson <jknutson chartercom com>
> > To: eugene oconnor sun com
> > Subject: RE: GNOME 2.0 System Admin Guide.
> > Date: 25 Sep 2002 13:25:19 -0500
> >
> > Eugene,
> >
> > Yeah, basically, but even more strict.  The idea with "kiosk mode" would
> > be a machine that does only 1 or 2 tasks; most typically, it'll be just
> > to run a web browser.  I maintain a pair of kiosks running Red Hat 7.3
> > and Ximian Gnome, but locking them down was a huge pain.  By "locking
> > them down", I mean that the only things the user should be able to do is
> > launch (via a panel launcher), use, and close the browser, and that's
> > *it*.  Not a single preference may change - no moving applets or panel,s
> > no changing *anything*.  Since it's on public display, and it's for
> > marketing purposes, it has to be completely static, (need to present a
> > nice, clean, consistant look) save for being able to open and close the
> > browser.
> >
> > If you google for "gnome" and "kiosk" you'll find a few threads from
> > local LUG mailing lists all over the place asking how to do this sort of
> > thing, so it's not just me that wants this.  Since I have practical
> > experience in doing this sort of thing, if you'd like help writing this
> > section, I'd be happy to be of service!  I haven't attempted to make a
> > kisok out of Red Hat 8 with GNOME 2, etc, though - it'll be a very
> > different task than trying to lock down GNOME 1.  However, I suspect
> > it'll be a lot *easier* this time, thanks in part to Gconf.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >  - Jens Knutson
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eugene O'Connor
> > To: Knutson, Jens; gnome-doc-list gnome org
> > Sent: 9/25/2002 7:01 AM
> > Subject: Re: GNOME 2.0 System Admin Guide.
> >
> > Hi Jens,
> >
> > Pat forwarded your SAG suggestion to me. I'm not sure what you mean by
> > "kiosk mode". Do you mean to set up a system where the user could not
> > change preferences such as background color, the number and content of
> > panels, proxy, printer, and so on?
> >
> > Eugene
> >
> 
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