[RndTbl] Public access machine

Montana Quiring montanaq at gmail.com
Mon Dec 7 15:16:08 CST 2009


FYI: there's this distro too: http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05761

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On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Mike Pfaiffer <high.res.mike at gmail.com>wrote:

> Robert Keizer wrote:
> > Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
> >>     First I've confirmed the reboot/halt command needs to be performed
> >> as root under Mint. Makes sense.
> >>
> >>     When it comes to enabling access to the reboot/halt command, this
> >> would be done through file permissions?
> >>
> >
> >
> > It could.. but its a bad idea. A better solution would be to allow the
> > user access to it via sudo. Try out 'visudo' and the man page of
> 'sudoers'.
> >
> > When sudo is setup correctly, certain users can execute commands as
> > root, so no changes to filesystem permissions are required. Just prefix
> > the command with sudo .. ie "sudo shutdown -rn now" or "sudo reboot".
>
>         Actually I'd like it to be done at the system init level. Hope I'm
> using the correct terminology. Through something which is set up at
> startup. This way it is out of control of the user. Last week we had
> someone who was on the single machine all day and wouldn't budge. If he
> could figure out how to disable the shutdown idea we're discussing he
> would. This way if the machine shuts down and there is someone waiting
> to get on they can say he had his half hour and boot him off. If he's
> the only person there then he can restart since all he does is facebook
> and the like.
>
>        What we can do is create a user account without privileges or sudo
> access so they can't mess up the machine. We can then use a different
> account for updates etc..
>
>        BTW, I've just set up Virtual Box and downloaded a couple of kiosk
> distros. I think the first was Webkiosk. It seemed to work OK. They want
> $200US to configure it for us. Maybe we can try it in the other machine
> for a while on Friday and see if we can get by without any changes. The
> other one is Pynx|Kiosk. I'll look at that one after I get back in a
> couple of hours. Any suggestions for others to look at? I'll be at
> tomorrows meeting and ask again there.
>
> > All the best,
> > Robert
>
>                                Later
>                                 Mike
>
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