Re: [Hampshire] Restricted accounts for jukeboxes

On 22/12/10 15:31, Chris Dennis wrote:
> On 22/12/10 11:16, Leo wrote:
>> Just wondering if anyone has ever set up a restricted account on Linux
>> that basically only allows the user to run audio playing software? I'd
>> originally thought of using a live distro, but I think most of those
>> give root access too easily. The only other way of doing it I've seen is
>> to use a custom Xsession.
>>
>> Can anyone offer any experience/advice on this?
>
> I've set up a kiosk computer in the past, running a standard distro
> (Xubuntu), and using, as you suggested, a customised X-launching
> process. In fact I tweaked it to log in automatically as a standard user
> whose .xinitrc file just runs Firefox in a loop, so that if Firefox
> quits, it just runs again:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> xsetroot -solid white &
> xscreensaver -no-splash &
> while true
> do
> firefox
> done
>
> I had to adjust Firefox to get rid of most of the menus, but that part
> would probably be easier with just a music player.
>
> There are other tweaks that you can apply to stop users pressing
> Ctrl-Alt-F1 etc. I can look up the details if you want.
>
> In fact my MythTV frontend does the same thing, just running
> mythfrontend directly instead of via a desktop manager.
>
> cheers
>
> Chris
>

Thank you for that. I think that should be sufficient for what I want so
I'll give it a go.

Leo