[PLUG] Kiosk machines

Jeme A Brelin jeme at brelin.net
Fri Jun 21 03:47:10 UTC 2002


On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Richard Steffens wrote:
> What concept do I need to read up on to understand how to set up a
> Linux machine so that it will run a kiosk application? The problem I'm
> trying to figure out is how to have the machine automatically log in
> as a limited ability user after a power up and start the kiosk
> application when no one is around.

You should look at the init and login processes.

Init doesn't have to call login at all.  You could do something else
entirely.

Or, if you want an X app, you could use gdm or xdm from an init script and
auto-login as a particular user with a .xsession that runs your kiosk
application as the root window and disables X-specific key bindings.

J.
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