Jeanie; Who's fab? I'm new to linux, but not to what you're trying to do. My experience is Solaris and most things translate. I just don't know the particulars.
In Solaris, you could configure the workstation to act as an Xterm; running everything from a remote Xserver. If I understand correctly, this would be the same as spending the $6k in your post. By the way, this doesn't address the paranoia about the operators. If you're working for a semiconductor house, you probably have plenty of old sparcs that I know can be used as Xterms. Most Window managers allow you to define the menus on a per account basis. Create an account with only the production apps and logoff (no shells) defined. If you can't use a login manager, Solaris had something called a restricted shell. If linux has it, you can use that to make sure they get to your limited X setup. Hope I've helped Gary On Tuesday 12 November 2002 03:24 pm, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: > I'm not sure if a kiosk is what will solve my problem. Advice would be > very appreciated. > > Here's the problem: I am putting a linux pc in our fab (semiconductor) as > a test to prove to management that linux is a viable, inexpensive option to > utilize in our manufacturing plant. (verses new xterms at $6K or more a > pop, new servers, or new windows pizza boxes). I need to prevent the > technicians from hacking the box, from surfing, from installing ... you > name it. They need to be able to run ONLY the guis/programs that allow > manufacturing to continue smoothly. > > What is the best way to have the machine automatically boot into a window > manager that has only a background menu pick that I can program? It does > not have to start any software upon restart but that would be a plus. > > Thanks. > > Jeanie
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