On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 12:43:59PM +0930, John Pearson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 07:16:27PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > > I would like to setup an account on my system.. > > > > but when a user logs in (via KDM) if possible i don't want it to load a > > windowmanager and all i want it to load is netscape, also i want it to log > > back out when netscape exits.. is this possible? > > > > right now i have a user that logs in using afterstep (i can't seem to get > > .xinitrc to override kdm's settings) and modified the autoexec to load > > netscape on the special page it should be on but i can't get it to logout > > afterwards i just put big text in the background that says hit > > CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to logout. i also chsh'd the user to /dev/null so they > > can't get a shell(not that security is really an issue right now). > > > > this is basically so someone can enter a generic login and have the > > machine show this website when im not around to do it for them. > > > > This is basically a bit of a security hole, unless you can and > do nail down Netscape's configuration pretty tight. > > Users who want to escape Netscape can probably (e.g.) fiddle with mime > types/helper applications to give themselves an xterm or window manager, > so it's probably not a good idea unless you trust your users.
You may be able to get around these limitations with a restricted bash shell. I usually set this up with a ~/bin directory into which I've linked applications the user should be able to run. If Netscape is the sole application, you'll be set. Though Netscape usually launches through a series of scripts, you may want to muck with that process a bit. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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